What I'm reading *

I've always read. While growing up, reading was a refuge when I found life too unpleasant or stressful. Consequently I've bought a lot of books over time as well.

 
Now that I'm no longer in the rich corporate phase of my life I've rediscovered the library. Dayton's library may be maligned by some but is still a great resource. One type of book I like to read is gay fiction and I was surprised to see a lot of it in the Dayton library's catalog. Plus you can even ask them to buy particular titles, and they will!

Below you can see the five most recent books either that I'm reading or that I've acquired. You can search my books, or you can see all my books. Also my classes page has links back to this page for the books for each class.

Author: Lowry, Lois

Date
ISBN
 Title Author
Class
2004-03-27 0440205417 Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye Lowry, Lois ENG385
  This was not on the book list for ENG385 but instead was a book that I read for my final project for the class, which was on Lois Lowry. It's not as gripping as The Giver or Gathering Blue but is still a pleasant read. It would fit in with the theme of journeys or quests, or it could be good for an adopted kid to read.
2004-03-27 039589543X Looking Back Lowry, Lois ENG385
  I'm doing my final ENG385 project on Lois Lowry, and what project about Lois Lowry would be complete without her memoir? I haven't read this book yet, but glancing through it, I think the pictures are great and that it seems very readable for young adults as well as other readers.
2004-01-14 0618055819 Gathering Blue Lowry, Lois ENG385
  We read Lowry's The Giver for ENG385, and Gathering Blue is another book about a dystopia. We had some debate in class about which of the two books people preferred, but I like them both.
2004-01-05 0440219078 The Giver Lowry, Lois ENG385
  A required reading for this class. I'd never heard of it before taking ENG385 (I wasn't familiar with most of today's young adult literature). This is a good book even for adults to read as it touches on issues similar to classics such as Brave New World or 1984.

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