Top Ten Tuesday: Ingrid's TBR for Fall | The Blue Bookcase

Monday, August 29, 2011

Top Ten Tuesday: Ingrid's TBR for Fall

Posted by IngridLola at 9:33 PM

Happy Top Ten Tuesday, everyone! (Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, as you know. Just had to slide that in there.)

This week you get to hear all about Ingrid's top ten books she (I) can't wait to read this fall!

Ok. So here are 10 books near the top of my TBR pile at the moment. (I didn't include the embarrassing ones like Confessions of a Prairie Bitch ... haha.)

1. Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich. Loved Shadow Tag and Tracks. Love Medicine was her first novel and won the National Book Award. Can't wait to read it. Love Native American stuff.

2. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. I've wanted to read this one for a long time ... I have a copy, and it's pretty short, so I think I'm going to hit this one up pretty soon.

3. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
4. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. Loved Freedom. I tried the first few pages a little while ago and wasn't totally hooked but ... I don't know.

5. On Beauty by Zadie Smith. Brenna from Literary Musings wrote a great review of this one, now I can't wait to read it.

6. Selected Letters by Mme de Sevigné. Letters describing court life during the reign of Louis XIV. Sounds awesome.

7. Model Home by Eric Puchner. Love books about Southern California suburbia.
8. The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola. An author I've never read before but known about for a long time ... need to get this one under my belt.
9. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Adam from Roof Beam Reader sent me this book as part of a prize pack a long time ago. Another book I've always wanted to read.)
10. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. I've only read Beloved and I would love to read more from her.

Can't wait to have at it. I'll let you know what I think of 'em.

What about you? What's on your list to read this fall?

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@BenoitLelievre · 709 weeks ago

Holy shit, Ingrid. It's a lot of books to read. Especially if you have DFW-JF BFFs forever in there. Stick with THE CORRECTIONS, it's 100% worth it if you can bear 100% downer. +1 for more Louise Erdrich

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Greg Zimmerman · 709 weeks ago

Nos. 3-5 all absolutely rule. Especially #3. ;) Good luck!

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Emily · 709 weeks ago

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch was awesome. I probably shouldn't admit that I read that, buuuut... I read A Prairie Tale too (*sigh*). It was also pretty interesting and well-written, but it wasn't nearly as funny.

And Mme de Sauvigné's letters are completely engrossing and so interesting to read. Go from that to Dangerous Liaisons - it feels like it's right in the same world. (which, i guess, it is, but you know...)

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adambwriter 40p · 709 weeks ago

Woo hoo! Dorian Gray! I might read it again this fall myself.

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Anne · 709 weeks ago

I just purchased a Moveable Feast by Hemingway because someone in the blogosphere wrote such a good review. Perhaps I'll get to it soon, too.

-Anne
<a href+"http://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com">My Head is Full of Books

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1girl2manybooks 43p · 709 weeks ago

I recently read Shadow Tag after seeing a review for it here and I think I will definitely be trying more of the author's work.

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Page_Turners 87p · 709 weeks ago

Dorian Gray is one of my all time favourites. You have reminded me it might be time for a re-read!

I really admire how you can come up with 10 books coming up soon. I have to admit I am very lazy and don't plan ahead at all. When I finish a book, thats when I think about what I will read next and that's as far as it goes. I think its because what I am going to enjoy depends so much on my mood I can't plan ahead. Also, at the moment I am pregnant so I need really easy books for my brain to compute :-)

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songofalbion 75p · 709 weeks ago

That's such a solid list! So many people seem to love Dorian Grey. I read it last year and I simply did not know how to react to it. I dare say I'll re-read it sometime.:D

Happy fall reading!!:)

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Jenny · 709 weeks ago

I have had Infiite Jest on my to-read shelf for two years now. Maybe after I finish Ulysses....

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brokencookiesdontcount 66p · 709 weeks ago

I recently found Love Medicine at a thrift store. If you like her other work, I think that will be my next read. Should be approrpiate as Ralph and I are heading out this weekend on a trip to Colorado and New Mexico. Thanks!

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stinavw 80p · 709 weeks ago

So much to comment on here! I just added Love Medicine to my wishlist (after reading your Shadow Tag review), so I'm really interested in hearing what you think of it. Infinite Jest, of course has been on my wishlist for ages. I totally agree with Ben about The Corrections is both 100% worth it and downer. Have you read anything by Zadie Smith? I mucho like her. Do you have the new uncensored edition of Dorian? And I, too, have a copy of The Bluest Eye waiting on my shelf, but I'm not really in a hurry to read it because I wasn't a big fan of Beloved.
That is all! Great list!

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M.J. · 709 weeks ago

I have A Moveable Feast checked out from the library, and I'm hoping to get to it soon! Your list just reminds me of some of the great books that I haven't got to yet. Have fun reading!

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Laura · 709 weeks ago

The Picture of Dorian Gray is excellent, I hope you enjoy it! I have 2 Zadie Smith books to read, and I definitely want to get into one of them this autumn.

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Brenna · 709 weeks ago

Yay for On Beauty! I think you'll enjoy it. I also thought The Bluest Eye was very good. I prefer it to Beloved.

Also, thanks for the link :)

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Jennifer · 709 weeks ago

I read the first few pages of The Corrections about ten years ago (during an Oprah's book club phase) but couldn't get into it. I keep meaning to get around to giving it another shot... Maybe you reading and reviewing it will give me the motivation I currently lack!

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ldarrow 21p · 709 weeks ago

One day I will read Infinite Jest. I'm not really sure what I'm waiting around for. I think I'm going to start with Broom of the System.

Come check out my list for the week here.

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parrishlantern 39p · 708 weeks ago

SSome great books here, Infinite Jest is one I want to read after loving Broom of the system, have corrections on my TBR shelf, love Zola & Wilde, also seen a few posts on moveable feast & it sounds a good read.

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