My Reading List for the Present

I may have mentioned that I work at a bookstore which is where I spent the day yet again. Well, in this profession (for now), it is difficult to make it through the day without compiling a list of potential books to read. Most of the time, the day moves by too quickly to allow for time to read book flaps or back covers, so I’m left wondering if the interesting cover or title that I saw will actually make for an excellent read. Is it worth my time basically?

So I took my list to Google Books and searched for each title, mostly looking for the user reviews. My first two picks “Drinking, Smoking and Screwing” edited by Sara Nickles and “Twenty Grand” by Rebecca Curtis sound like definite must-reads. One reviewer said “Twenty grand is disturbing and innovative.” Honestly, that’s exactly what I’m looking to read right now. My list also includes:

“Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex” by David Henry Sterry,

“Love Is a Four-Letter Word” by Michael Taeckens, and

“Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia” by Marya Hornbacher.

Using Shelfari.com, I also checked in to see what some of my friends are reading. My former roommate recommended the “The Secret Life of Plants” and the Ringing Cedars series by Vladimir Megre. Looking at the descriptions of these, I also saw another book that I thought might be interesting: “Cheap: the high cost of discount culture.” Finally, the New York Times book update that is emailed to me every Friday reviewed a book called “The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris” which sounds all kinds of right-up-my-alley reading wise, along with “The Girl with Glass Feet.”

Check out http://www.shelfari.com/yamagirl8705 to see my reading list