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

[masterbetty.livejournal.com]

I just read that How I Got Into College book, by Marc Acito, and that was great. I keep a list of everything I've read during the eyar, with Amazon links here. It's been updated through last month.

Shouldn't you be reading patterns in the new Stitch n Bitch anyway?

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

I love the list. I've read some, but not a lot of those, so I'll check them out.

I'm making the Basic Cable hat out of SNBN right now, and I'm forbidding myself from turning the page, for fear I'll cast on a few more projects. I have a cabled sweater vest to attempt to finish in the next 4 weeks, as well as many smaller holiday projects, so I am *not* allowed to do any other projects (except that I may cast on Rosedale from knitty tonight, but only if I get enough done on other stuff).

It's a sickness, a sickness I tell you!

[luminesque.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain in the WIP department. I have 6 going, have ordered yarn for 2 more (which I will invariably cast on as soon as the package arrives), am drooling over both the Shocking jacket in IK and the Ultra Femme sweater in SNBN, and hubby keeps hinting that he wants a new sweater.

It is a sickness!

[masterbetty.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're finding stuff to read. For some strange reason, this year has been the year of the YA fiction for me.