The book is a collection of short stories.
She recently immigrated to San Francisco from China and is reading this book for a City College ESL class. She said it was good!
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On a boat ripping across the Coral Sea, heading shore-ward after a visit to the reefReading White Line Fever, by Lemmy Kilmister while her mother reads The Help, by Katheryn Stockett. She got the book from her boyfriend for Christmas. Her mother picked up her book at Costco. Their favorite books are, respectively, Scar Tissue, by Anthony Kied, a biography about the Red Hot Chili Peppers, for its honesty, and Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, for its descriptions.
After we got off the boat I headed over to the library. In the trees around library, thousands of fruit bats hang upside down chattering to each other in high pitched squeaks. At sunset, the bats emerge from the trees and cover the whole sky. Near the city lagoon, you can lay on your back and see hundreds of bats overhead.
The librarian I talked to recommended the following Queensland authors: Xavier Herbert, who writes about Queensland history and Treziese Percy, who writes children's books.
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Just before sunset on the brink of the new yearWaiting for the fireworks (that are so spectacular people start camping out along the harbor at 6am on the 31st), and reading The Great Gatsby. The Australian film director, Baz Luhrmann, who did Strictly Ballroom, is filming it in Manly, a suburb of Sydney. Leonardo DiCaprio is in town.
Her favorite book is Pride and Prejudice, or maybe The Lord of the Rings.
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At Buena Vista Park during Litquake
Chris Adrian reading Chris Adrian.To an audience of literati and fairies
I vote for more picnic readings.
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"I know it's rude, but I can't help myself," she said, casting a look at her breakfast partner.At a cafe in Glen Park, reading Stalking the Angel, by Robert Crais. She usually reads on her Kindle (her breakfast partner gave it to her, so he can't mind her reading too much), but a coworker happened upon this book and gave it to her, knowing that Robert Crais is one of her favorite authors.
Favorite book? She doesn't have one. "I like all books," she said.
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Having brunch in the Dogpatchand reading Catch-22, by Joseph Heller. She loves reading old copies of books and a friend gave her this for her birthday last year. It's a little big to carry around, so she hasn't been reading as much lately -- she likes to read only one book at a time.
Her favorite book is Still Life with Woodpecker, by Tom Robbins.
In her free time -- she's a professional organizer (meaning creating systems to keep your house or office organized) -- she likes making ice cream. In fact, she has a rule that she doesn't bring store-bought ice cream into the house. She described to me recipes involving custard and the challenge of rainbow sherbet. On her to-buy list is The Perfect Scoop, written by David Lebovitz, photographed by Lara Hata.
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This blog began as my exploration of literary San Francisco and daily affirmation that people still read.
After photographing over 1,200 readers over the past two-and-a-half years, mostly in San Francisco but also around the United States, the blog has become more to me.
The beauty and rarity of a given book being read at a given time, instead of, say, packed away in a box somewhere is what initiated the blog. But, throughout the past two and a half years, I've discovered that I've not only been chronicling the popularity of books, but also the diversity of individuals. What goes on inside our minds is evidenced by and influenced by what we are reading, have read, and the inner dialogs we have with authors.
The goal: A hundred readers every hundred miles, everywhere the globe is populated. The arctic, not exempt—any scientific communities looking for a new project? The oceans, not exempt—forward to your friends who work on outrigger canoes, fishing vessels, oil rigs, cruise ships. The upper reaches of Siberia—not exempt!— reindeer herders read, too.
A map filled up with readers would be a beautiful display of diversity, and unity. I invite you start your own sister (or brother) blog, wherever you may be.
You could do like River Jordan (host of Nashville radio program, Back Story) suggests and share your blog with a group of friends, with a class at school, with your family, with your book club. You could make a concentrated effort to photograph everyone you see reading in a single day, or take a photo once a week. I'll add your push pin, whatever color you like (unless there's already a blog there -- blogs can share a push pin.) Thank you to Liza P. in Los Angeles and Uzair Sawal and Dizzy in Kuala Lumpur, whose push pins now appear on the map.
The pictures to your left are taken in San Francisco, unless I say otherwise. I have separated out my recent Oahu pictures into a separate blog, so that when you click on the San Francisco push pin above, chaos does not ensue. Eventually, I'd like to add tags to the posts so that I can sort them, and list all of the readers I interview here, wherever I may travel. I'd like this to be the mother blog, with a heart in San Francisco.
I get rejected about 20% of the time and I respect the privacy of people who do not want to be on this site. Comments are set up so that you don't need to log in or create an account--it's easy.
Please let me know if I've made a mistake or if you have something to add. You can also email me directly at sonya.worthy@gmail.com.
Wouldn't it be great to see what people were reading everywhere?