Comments on: Busman’s holiday

By: Emily Carter

Emily Carter — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:48:35 +0000

I loved Maria Semple’s novel, “Where’d You Go Bernadette.” Pure escapist fun.

And I’m a sucker for the bestseller list — usually fun, easy reads that do good jobs of entertaining me for a while.

By: Ronald Joseph Kule

Ronald Joseph Kule — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:22:21 +0000

Well, since it may be far away from your typical read, perhaps assuaging the rigors of a busman’s holiday, I would recommend the E-book entitled, Pressure Makes Diamonds A Timeless Tale of America’s Greatest Pastime, which actually is more of a life-lesson story than merely a baseball book.

By: Kevin A. Lewis

Kevin A. Lewis — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 20:06:37 +0000

Small correction here-I think the guy’s name is Healy, not Leahy-sort of mistake one makes on a high-speed i-board…I think e-books are good if you’re a jetsetting diplomat or a bestselling femme fatale dodging a Congressional inquiry, but I think screens are more tiring on the eyes than print. (Although I sympathize with the large number of editors who tragically expire every year from the strain of turning physical pages…)

By: Gill Avila

Gill Avila — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:46:48 +0000

Frankly, if my job entailed reading all day long, I’d opt for taking an iPad along and just watch movies, thereby giving my eyes and brain a rest!

By: Joelle

Joelle — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:09:49 +0000

I usually read light fiction, paperbacks, mysteries – anything I can leave behind as soon as I’ve finished reading it. That way I can buy new books to carry home!

By: Joelle

Joelle — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:08:50 +0000

I second this recommendation, but it is over 400 pages, so you might want the e-version!

By: Stephanie McCarthy

Stephanie McCarthy — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:44:55 +0000

I always end up reading all my vacation books before I leave and have yet to find a place I can effectively “hide” them (I’m so sneaky).
I just finished I Was Told There’d Be Cake by Sloane Crosley and thought it was hysterical.

By: Kevin A. Lewis

Kevin A. Lewis — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:39:02 +0000

I’d recommend Hero’s Guide To Saving Your Kingdom by Micheal Leahy-an excellent middle grade fairytale spoof which managed to sneak onto the market right before the whole Grimm’s trend sputtered out and died…It’s an oddity on several levels, not the least of which is that they’d cut a movie deal before the book even hit the shelves, and in spite of this the book is next to impossible to find in a lot of venues-a lot of book buyers don’t like funny upbeat “boy characters”and so the book is routinely stolen from school and public libraries and never replaced. Definitely worth a look. Oh, and by the way, don’t forget to glance at the query packet I’ll drop your way early next week…