January 2010
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A ROOM WITH A VIEW
This book just wasn’t dramatic and complex enough, and I didn’t fall in love with the characters.  Maybe Forster should have made the characters more extreme; had their traits stick out more.  I just didn;t get why George and Lucy loved each other, and I only kind of got why Cecil was a dud. I think this would make a good movie though.  The intrigue and drama of an Italian murder,...
Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
RIP JD Salinger
Jan 28th
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Persuasion
Persuasion, where did you come from? How is it that I hadn’t read this book yet?  No matter, I cured that malady yesterday.  I devoured Persuasion.  Though I didn’t agree with some that it’s her best work, I did enjoy it.  Anne Elliot, Captain Wentworth and the Sirs Williams and Walters are now familiar to me.  I felt I could see the twists coming, though.  Maybe that’s...
Jan 25th
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RAPE New York
I read Rape New York this week.  This book was unique because it stands alone in postulating interesting crime theories, ideas about home space and using the justice system in a positive way to learn about what happens after rape.  I highly recommend this book not only for New Yorkers, but people who are interested in reading the firsthand account of a woman who wrote a book after her rape,...
Jan 18th
Jan 17th
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AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD
In between bouts of sneezing I finished An American Childhood by Annie Dillard today.  I was able to see myself in the only character of the book.  This is the second book I’ve read in a row that has one character, and only describes the world they see.  This book was from the eyes of someone just like me, and could have been written about my own childhood; some setting adjustments...
Jan 17th
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“Parents have no idea what the children are up to in their bedrooms: They are...”
– Annie Dillard, An American Childhood YES times a million.
Jan 15th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
“The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis’s quest for meaning in a...”
– Anne Rice (via echycakes) (via libraryland)
Jan 5th
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JUSTIN THEROUX
I just finished An Adultery by Justin Theroux.  Reading this book was like having a microphone up to the brain and thoughts of an over-analytical man.  I realized halfway through reading An Adultery that every person has a relationship in their lives that evokes this kind of constant stream of thought.  The protagonist is constantly thinking, dissembling, analyzing and questioning.  His simple...
Jan 5th