This week's rec is Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic , an autobiographical graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, who is best known for her fantastic comic strip, Dykes to Watch Out For . I'm trying hard...flawoftheiris ). & speaking of recommendations, it's time for last week's recs! homemadehuman recs Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger aetenae recs Coraline by Neil Gaimai

This week's rec is Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis. I'm going to be honest, I really, really love this book, but am also really unsure about posting about it. I read Less Than Zero during... by Joe Meno lstarrydreamerl recs Come Together, Fall Apart by Cristina Henriquez A lot of these recs were accompanied by summaries, so be sure to check the comments from last week's post

I've been waffling back and forth about what to post here all day! I want to get into some good non-fiction as well as short stories and maybe even poetry, but honestly, I've had to worst most awful...Lim with the intent of sharing something new & so far everyone who has commented is already a fan! Hopefully this will entice some of you who aren't familiar with Dean's work to give Tam Lin a try

Well, it's Wednesday & you know what that means! Time for the seventh installment in the summer reading series! I'm finally getting around to posting about one of my all-time favorite authors, Haruki...I second this!) misscrumbs recs The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak tigersfury recs After Dark by Haruki Murakami (I second this!) and The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Raif Larse

So, I was really, really planning on writing about a Haruki Murakami book this week, but last night I was flipping around on tv and stumbled upon The Haunting , a 1960s film adaptation of The Haunting...) by Jaclyn Moriarty (a companion book to Feeling Sorry for Celia , which I posted about a couple weeks ago) Keep reading and, of course, recommend your summer reading picks in the comments

Hello lemonettes! Wednesday is here & you know what that means! It's time for the fifth installment of our summer reading series! Last week things took a turn for the lighthearted with Feeling Sorry...he knew plenty), he had come to me. I'm in a bit of a rush to get this posted, so I'll edit it later with last week's recs and, as always, feel free to comment with your own recs for the community

I'll be honest, I went back and forth on whether or not I should post about this book & even went so far as deciding to post on a different novel & tracking down a picture of the cover and everything... keep the recs coming! I'll post anything recommended in the comments of this post with next week's book & at the summer I'll gather everything together in a community recommended reading list

Honestly, I feel like whenever it's time for me to write one of these posts, I find myself rushing around looking at all of the book shelves in my house going, "Oh my gosh, what am I going to write...glitteringkiss ) Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones ( oh_meow ) I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith ( oh_meow ) Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake ( oh_meow

Wow! I was totally overwhelmed by your response for the first SRS post and I've spent the last week racking my brains for something good to post for #2 &, luckily, as I walked upstairs to get my...this time around as well! Many of the comments on the last post include excerpts, reviews, or links to more information, so if any of the titles under the LJ-cut intrigue you, check out the comments

Growing up one of my favorite things about summer vacation was my local library's summer reading program. Every year it had a different theme and you could win small prizes for reading and I loved...lists of favorite authors or your favorite first lines from books or anything literary! If you'd like to write an SRS post, leave a comment with your idea(s) and I'll get back to you about it right away