Book recommendations?

[pixiecrinkle]

Lately, I've not been reading as much as was normal for me about a year ago, chiefly because I have not yet mastered simultaneous reading and knitting. I used to read about 4-6 books a month. I'm good to be doing a book each month now.

Part of the problem though is that I'm not falling in love with the things I am reading. I'm wading through the things on my shelves I haven't read yet, and not feeling anything click.

So please recommend a book to me.

Some background info: I'm not big on genre fiction at all. My favorite authors are Carol Shields, A.S. Byatt, Margaret Atwood, Edith Wharton, Nick Hornby, Jeffrey Euginedes, etc. I have recently read:

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (liked it)
Elizabeth Costello by JM Coetzee (didn't quite know what to think)
Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (actually felt it painful to read in spots)
Brick Lane by Monica Ali (Ok, but could have been better)
The Rainbow by DH Lawrence (was ok)
Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (loved it)

My amazon recs are failing me. Help!

Comments

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Occasionally, but mostly fiction. I'll take recomendations on both though.

[qe2.livejournal.com]

Hm. Okay. I read very little nongenre fiction, so I can't rec much there, but here are a few of my favorite nonfic reads:

Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America, by Lily Burana.

How I Learned to Snap: A Small-Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story, by Kirk Read

Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic, by Martha Beck

This Day: Diaries from American Women, ed. Joni B. Cole, et al.

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year, by Anne Lamott

I think most of these are almost impossible to blurb effectively. The subtitles hint at their subjects, but they're all much more than that.