//Ad libs: What more do you need?


Thursday, May 11, 2006

What more do you need?

I’m swinging my feet contentedly under my desk while reading a recent Kepler's best-seller list. There’s just something so refreshingly simple about the titles.

As of May 7, “Blue Shoes and Happiness” by Alexander McCall Smith topped the hardcover fiction category. The book is really about sleuths in Botswana, but to me the title conjures up a pleasure so basic you’re embarrassed to talk about it. Like new Keds, or the perfect Skippy-on-whole-wheat sandwich.

You know, I actually refuse to be embarrassed about the joy of peanut butter. I am proud.

Then there’s the super seller in hardcover nonfiction, presenting such pure, perfect logic in its title. “Eat, Drink, & Weigh Less” by Mollie Katzen. Well, duh.

(Except for peanut butter. Eat as much as you want.)

Hey, throw some other favorite book titles my way, dear reader. You can post a comment below.

posted by Rebecca at 4:41 PM

5 Comments:

  • One of my recent faves is "The Bridge at Andau" by James Michener. Amazon.com describes it as:

    *At four o'clock in the morning on a Sunday in November 1956, the city of Budapest was awakened by the shattering sound of Russian tanks tearing the city apart. The Hungarian revolution -- five brief, glorious days of freedom that had yielded a glimpse at a different kind of future -- was over. But there was a bridge at Andau, on the Austrian border, and if a Hungarian could reach that bridge, he was nearly free. It was about the most inconsequential bridge in Europe, but by an accident of history it became, for a few flaming weeks, one of the most important bridges in the world, for across its unsteady planks fled the soul of a nation....*

    It was hard to put down, and is a quick and fun read for anyone who is into historical revolutions and such...

    By Anonymous Ron Evans, at 11:48 AM  

  • In 5th grade I loved a series of books that started with "The Great Brain" by John Fitzgerald. It's about the adventures of a kid with a "great brain" who solves various catastrophes in his 1896 old west town. The stories are told from the perspective of the younger brother, and are hilarious. Some good morals are introduced as well. I remember devouring them -greatly recommended.

    By Anonymous D Kimbro, at 12:08 PM  

  • I just got a press release about a new book written by San Jose author Tammy L. Coia. Not sure what to make of this particular title: "Fig on a Stick."

    By Blogger Rebecca, at 10:37 AM  

  • Hi Rebecca,
    Yes, the title of my book is called, "Fig on a Stick." That is a game we used to play in my neighborhood, and the last chapter of my book, my book is available at Kepler's. I would love for you to read it...

    By Blogger Tammy, at 2:42 PM  

  • Interesting! I wondered if it was a reference to one of my favorite childhood (OK, and adulthood) foods, the humble Fig Newton.

    Glad you're reading the blog, Tammy, and thanks for your comment.

    By Blogger Rebecca, at 3:09 PM  

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