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Julia's Book Soup Blog: September 2009

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And yet, for me, there was always something missing.  Whether I was huddled in my room reading of junkies, pimps and whores, or watching the original Beverly Hills 90210 (where the rich kids always had problems), there was an element that seemed missing to me.  My element was missing.  Where was I in these stories? 160;I wasn't a rich kid in Beverly Hills, I wasn't a junkie on a street corner.  I could appreciate all these stories, but could I relate to anything more than fleeting similarities? Stephanie...

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Julia's Book Soup Blog: November 2008

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One of my favorite events ever was the Hot Chicks with Douchebags. So I open my email today and there on my bookseller news email that comes like clockwork, I see this. It's rare in these times of woe that a big group of people get together to celebrate Neil Diamond, but last night at Book Soup that was exactly the case.  David Wild came in to talk about his new book, He Is.I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond. In the standing room only crowd, everyone sat with rapt attention as Ch...

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Julia's Book Soup Blog: Speak

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That being said, there are few books that tackle gracefully and respectfully such topics as rape in a high school setting. When I first read Speak. By Laurie Halse Anderson, I had no idea what it was about. I had no idea what I was getting myself in to. Anderson writes with a wistful clarity that helps navigate through the often troubling waters of the protagonist's, Melinda Sordino, life. She's experienced such a trauma, and yet, retains her own self so wholly that one can't help but keep reading. 11/21...

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Julia's Book Soup Blog: East of Eden

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I felt all of this, and more, about reading East of Eden. I grew up extremely close to Salinas, California, and John Steinbeck is a kind of legend, a hero of the central coast whose descriptions of the mountains and valleys and rivers and farmland is still unparalleled by any other writer. To me, Steinbeck always felt like a burden. We were forced to read his books in school, making our way through The Pearl. And The Red Pony. Of Mice and Me. N and The Grapes of Wrath. Finally brought Steinbeck to me&#46...

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Julia's Book Soup Blog: June 2009

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Airplane reading usually consists of a mind-numbing, simply for escape book; the kind that I can't stand. My idea of airplane reading is something that I can start and finish in the course of the flight, that keeps me wholly engrossed for however long I will be in transit. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Julia is a five star maniac of a bibliophile. When not devouring books by the truck load she works at Book Soup. Forthcoming Book Soup Events. 11/20/2009- Greg Olear - Totally Killer. Stuff White People Like.

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Julia's Book Soup Blog: October 2009

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I felt all of this, and more, about reading East of Eden. I grew up extremely close to Salinas, California, and John Steinbeck is a kind of legend, a hero of the central coast whose descriptions of the mountains and valleys and rivers and farmland is still unparalleled by any other writer. To me, Steinbeck always felt like a burden. We were forced to read his books in school, making our way through The Pearl. And The Red Pony. Of Mice and Me. N and The Grapes of Wrath. Finally brought Steinbeck to me&#46...

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Julia's Book Soup Blog: October 2008

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I'm from the ultra-liberal Bay Area of California, went to an ultra-liberal university and was taught by women who were not only students of the 'first-wave' feminist movement, but were the actual organizers of it. To them Hugh Hefner was Satan reincarnated. This demonizing always left a bad taste in my mouth; if someone brought so much joy to so many, how could that person be bad? PS Also many thanks to Hef for giving us Marilyn Monroe. What a legacy! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Where she talks about bo...

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Julia's Book Soup Blog: Shortcomings

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Once in a while a book comes along that captures the a small slice of life so accurately that it's almost too much to take. One of my favorite comics artists, Adrian Tomine, has written and illustrated a small book of such high caliber, it's hard to really compare it to anything. I first read Shortcomings. Tomine does what so few can do, he writes a comic book for all people of all ages, for anyone who just wants a good simple story, look no further than Shortcomings. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Julia's Book Soup Blog: July 2009

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So I'm reading through my daily email from Publisher's Weekly this morning and I come across this article. Talking about an author coming to Book Soup on August 13 and how her book is being shopped around for a movie. I must say, I've read it and I can't wait. Laurie Sandell, in this graphic memoir titled, The Impostor's Daughter. I discovered a little book called Fables. Creator is releasing a full length novel in the Fables universe titled, Peter and Max. One of my favorite books as a kid, Cloudy.