Sep 04

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall

By Michael Kindness Uncategorized Add comments

With Labor Day just around the corner, Summer is winding down, kids are heading back to school and our Beowulf on the Beach Reading Challenge comes to an end. I came clean about my results in our most recent podcast. How did the rest of you do?
At the end of this post, you’ll find the final three videos Jack recorded for us. Apologies to all that there wasn’t a video last week. Time got away from me!
Now that we’ve changed the calendar to September, it seems a good time to look ahead to some of the biggest books coming this Fall. Ann and I will talk about many of these on upcoming podcasts, but USA Today has put together a fantastic interactive calendar, with book jackets and brief descriptions. They’ve also asked their critics which Fall books they are most excited about. Start planning your fall reading now!


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  • Graceann

    psssst – Labor Day, Michael. Labor Day :-)

    I read two that are considered classics, but I have no idea if they are in Beowulf on the Beach or not. I read Picture of Dorian Gray through Daily Lit, and I read The Pit, by Frank Norris. I actually preferred The Pit, though it’s almost forgotten nowadays.

  • Graceann

    psssst – Labor Day, Michael. Labor Day :-)

    I read two that are considered classics, but I have no idea if they are in Beowulf on the Beach or not. I read Picture of Dorian Gray through Daily Lit, and I read The Pit, by Frank Norris. I actually preferred The Pit, though it’s almost forgotten nowadays.

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Michael Kindness

    so embarrassing…. thanks for the headsup Graceann!

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Michael Kindness

    so embarrassing…. thanks for the headsup Graceann!

  • http://www.judycopek.com Judy aka Odette

    Thanks for the tip about the Proust “Goodreads” group. I just crawled through “The Guermantes Way.” I’m sure it took me longer to read it than Proust took to write it. I plan to catch up with them a bit later. My nightstand looks much like your blog logo. So did everyone read Beowulf? I understand there’s a terrific new (sort of) translation.

    Best

  • http://www.judycopek.com Judy aka Odette

    Thanks for the tip about the Proust “Goodreads” group. I just crawled through “The Guermantes Way.” I’m sure it took me longer to read it than Proust took to write it. I plan to catch up with them a bit later. My nightstand looks much like your blog logo. So did everyone read Beowulf? I understand there’s a terrific new (sort of) translation.

    Best

  • Tanya

    Looking over the USAT interactive book calender, the titles from the fall lie-up which caught my eye:

    SENSE AND SENSIBILITY AND SEA MONSTERS: I know, I know, but I really can’t help myself! They really sold me with the trailer and the preview of discussion questions! I will most likely put this one on hold from the library;

    HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY (By Audrey Niffenegger) : I’m listening to The Time Traveler’s Wife now! By the time I finish, HFS will be out. I know they aren’t related narratives, but clearly this is the season to enter the Niffenegger biblioverse (and “No,” I probably won’t see the movie);

    THE LACUNA (By Barbara Kingsolver): Umm, this may be a delayed purchase. I’ll wait to see what the reviews say;

    A ECHO IN THE BONE (By Diana Gabaldon): Action! Adventure! Kilts! What more do you need to say! I’m there!

    AMERICAN ON PURPOSE (By Craig Ferguson): Comedy! Adventure! Kilts! I loved Craig Ferguson on The Drew Carey Show; but wasn’t overly impressed with his opening night on The Late Late Show. However, since then, I have been hugely entertained with clips from his show and really wish we had TV in our house. As for American on Purpose, I’ll get in it audiobook format (CF narrates);

    THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD (By Margaret Atwood): I was really impressed by The Handmaiden’s Tale and I can only wonder why I haven’t read more of Atwood’s works. I’m reading Oryx and Crake now, which is the parallel story to TYOTF.

  • Tanya

    Looking over the USAT interactive book calender, the titles from the fall lie-up which caught my eye:

    SENSE AND SENSIBILITY AND SEA MONSTERS: I know, I know, but I really can’t help myself! They really sold me with the trailer and the preview of discussion questions! I will most likely put this one on hold from the library;

    HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY (By Audrey Niffenegger) : I’m listening to The Time Traveler’s Wife now! By the time I finish, HFS will be out. I know they aren’t related narratives, but clearly this is the season to enter the Niffenegger biblioverse (and “No,” I probably won’t see the movie);

    THE LACUNA (By Barbara Kingsolver): Umm, this may be a delayed purchase. I’ll wait to see what the reviews say;

    A ECHO IN THE BONE (By Diana Gabaldon): Action! Adventure! Kilts! What more do you need to say! I’m there!

    AMERICAN ON PURPOSE (By Craig Ferguson): Comedy! Adventure! Kilts! I loved Craig Ferguson on The Drew Carey Show; but wasn’t overly impressed with his opening night on The Late Late Show. However, since then, I have been hugely entertained with clips from his show and really wish we had TV in our house. As for American on Purpose, I’ll get in it audiobook format (CF narrates);

    THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD (By Margaret Atwood): I was really impressed by The Handmaiden’s Tale and I can only wonder why I haven’t read more of Atwood’s works. I’m reading Oryx and Crake now, which is the parallel story to TYOTF.

  • http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/ Rebecca Reid

    I did finish reading Beloved, which was my choice for the challenge, and I loved it. I just haven’t finished writing my review yet :)

  • http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/ Rebecca Reid

    I did finish reading Beloved, which was my choice for the challenge, and I loved it. I just haven’t finished writing my review yet :)

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