Comments on eclectic / eccentric: Sunday Salon: Books Behind Bars

This is a great idea for one of my weekly quizzes....

2010-08-08T14:09:49.888-05:00

This is a great idea for one of my weekly quizzes. Thanks :)

I had a coworker who was obsessed with prison book...

2010-07-27T18:34:02.133-05:00

I had a coworker who was obsessed with prison books. She wouldn't join our book club because we didn't read enough prison books (um, or any prison books). BUT, she did recommend to me a book called The Hot House about Leavenworth prison. It was fascinating. Not as high brow as Dostoevsky, but you know...what is? :P

Amy - I thought Our Lady of the Flowers sounded re...

2010-07-26T09:24:38.420-05:00

Amy - I thought Our Lady of the Flowers sounded really interesting too.

Amy - I didn't really search that long. I just did a quick search through Google, checking out the most interesting sounding web page titles. I find random searches to be more unique with results.

Sandy - Great suggestion! And Yay for Papillon right?!?!

Jenny - Ha! It seems quite a few books were written in prison. I bet you could get a lot of writing done in the Martha Stewart type prison. :)

Jill - I never would have guessed I'd like prison lit but Dostoevsky has me trying a couple new things.

Megan - Thanks for the suggestions. And I don't know what it is about prison, but the whole concept is rather interesting.

Alexandra - Thanks! I hope you signed up for the mass annotation!

Andi - Prison culture is extremely interesting to me too. And I don't think that makes us weird at all. :)

I would actually probably love these books. I have...

2010-07-25T23:38:45.644-05:00

I would actually probably love these books. I have a weird fascination with prisons and prison life, and I watch every available prison show I can find on TV. The whole prison culture is just fascinating to me, if scary and unsettling, too.

Thanks for the recs!

Congrats to your winners. :)

I love geek fun! and I loved your annotated thore...

2010-07-25T19:57:49.723-05:00

I love geek fun! and I loved your annotated thoreau post.

There's just something about prison, isn't...

2010-07-25T17:54:46.836-05:00

There's just something about prison, isn't there? LOL.

Orange is the New Black is excellent. Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton is another good one, though it doesn't *all* take place behind bars...

I was going to suggest Orange is the New Black, to...

2010-07-25T17:34:14.870-05:00

I was going to suggest Orange is the New Black, too, even though I haven't read it. Prison lit isn't exactly my cup of tea.

The Count of Monte Cristo!! It's not all in p...

2010-07-25T16:58:46.774-05:00

The Count of Monte Cristo!! It's not all in prison but it's so good!

I could probably get so much writing done if I were in prison... hmmmm... lol

Love the theme. I guess I'm tweaked in the sa...

2010-07-25T12:20:42.820-05:00

Love the theme. I guess I'm tweaked in the same way you are! How about the more recent "Orange is the New Black" - I heard it was a great book. I am assuming Papillon is the book version of the most awesome movie?

Hmm, I think subject headings in a library catalog...

2010-07-25T12:12:43.483-05:00

Hmm, I think subject headings in a library catalog might have involved less filtering through irrelevant hits. Although maybe you cherry picked from an already existent list?

Prisons--Fiction
Prisoners--Fiction
etc.

Then again as an aspiring librarian I'm a bit particular about the tools I use, and the catalog is one of my favorites.

Oooohhh all four of those sound incredible, but es...

2010-07-25T09:41:05.105-05:00

Oooohhh all four of those sound incredible, but especially Our Lady of the Flowers. It's going on my wishlist (along with the others).