What Stephenie’s Reading
If you’re experiencing a sudden run on Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, it may be because Stephenie Meyer, in her “Behind the Scenes” Oprah interview, said it’s the book she’s reading now and can’t wait to get back to. Amazon’s editors chose it for their Top 100 of 2009, at #63. It also got strong reviews in the L.A. Times, and the NYT.
Summarizing the book is next to impossible, as Library Journal demonstrated in their review:
This book is difficult to categorize. It’s a comedy, but it’s not particularly funny. It’s a novel of ideas, but it mocks intellectualism. It’s a fantasy, but it includes a cameo appearance by Sen. Olympia Snowe. This won’t be everyone’s cup of tea…
Everything Matters! Ron Currie, Jr.
Retail Price: $25.95 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Viking Adult – (2009-06-25) ISBN / EAN: 0670020923 / 9780670020928
As most of her fans already know, she loves Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. Shakespeare is a “foundation block” of her first reading experiences. Among YA authors, she likes Scott Westerfeld and loves Shannon Hale. Science fiction is a favorite; Orson Scott Card is her “personal hero.”
November 17th, 2009 at 3:46 am
If you want the cliff notes for Uglies by Scott Westerfeld you can get them here http://cliffnotebooks.com/uglies-scott-westerfeld/
February 25th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
I really dont think this is the “Everything Matters” she was talking about? Cuz, she says it a science fiction book? Hmmm………