Monday, July 19, 2010

Focus on Mary Karr

I'm excited that the latest pick for Book Club reading is Mary Karr's Liar's Club. This is on my list of 40 Favorite Books Ever. And I've read ALOT of books. Did you know that Mary Karr wrote two follow up books after this memoir? It's true. She also wrote Cherry, about her "growing up" years, a follow up to Liar's Club. And then, just released in 2010, she wrote Lit. This book explores her adventure through alcoholism, a gritty, but very realistic view of the slide down to the bottom, followed by redemption. I've found Mary Karr just lately on Twitter, where you can follow her, too. She posts youtube videos of herself and other writers reading poetry and various other interesting endeavors. You can follow her on twitter here: http://twitter.com/marykarrlit. Hopefully, you have been around the Internet enough to know what twitter is! I've had fun following a couple of her links, great to "see" her in person. If you are loving the book, as I did, you won't want to miss being able to follow her a bit in real time.
I look forward to seeing you soon!
Katie