52 in 07′s last, and slightly tardy, entry. M&M took me months to get through – this is the kind of book that, until the style and voice clicks, is a real chore to slog through. But on… more →
Weapons-Grade Ennuiwrote 4 years ago: 2007 was a great year for my reading. Movies can awe you, and TV can entrance you, but books – … more →
wrote 4 years ago: 52 in 07′s last, and slightly tardy, entry. M&M took me months to get through – this … more →
wrote 4 years ago: I love blank slates. Headed to Colorado, and I’m bringing a stack of books with me. 52 in 07 … more →
wrote 4 years ago: *Spoilers for both book and movie* Here are the facts about I Am Legend: It was Richard Matheson … more →
wrote 4 years ago: I realized about three quarters of the way through The Course of the Heart that M. John Harrison is … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Ow. That was a devastating layoff. For the 20th entry in 52 in 07, I’ve got a book by Umberto … more →
wrote 4 years ago: I read a lot of basketball writing. But nearly all of it is online material like blogs. I’ve n … more →
wrote 4 years ago: In my Arts Review class, we’ve spent a lot of time reading about and discussing the question: … more →
wrote 4 years ago: The hobo used to be seen as freedom incarnate, a happy wanderer free of a job, family, obligations … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Subtitle: 52 in 07′s forgotten entry. I read this one all the way back in March, I believe, be … more →
wrote 4 years ago: After only two books, I think I’m through with the Gentlemen Bastards Sequence, comprised of l … more →
wrote 4 years ago: I got this recommendation from Jim Ruland, doing a guest review over at TEV. I like Ruland (Google h … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Maps for Lost Lovers details the story of a family of Pakistani ex-pats living in England. It took m … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Don’t let the title fool you – The Savage Detectives isn’t a whodunit. On page 512 … more →
wrote 4 years ago: I thought that would have been a much more badass title. Spoilers, because everybody knows the most … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Stephen King gets a bad rap, I feel. Literary snobs think he’s a purveyor of schlock at best. … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Nova Swing is M J Harrison’s sequel to his hard sci-fi novel Light. While they share the same … more →
wrote 4 years ago: I hereby move that the sentence “The blood in my penis beat like a drum” be banned from … more →
wrote 4 years ago: Nepal – a land of where prayer flags, sky blue and cloud white, fly high over every building. … more →