Hello Bookclubbers, I am writing this report 2 weeks before bookclub takes place. If I don’t do it now I may forget the book and then find myself having to read bits of it again, which I am keen… more →
Oh Annewrote 2 months ago: You Shall Know Our Velocity (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Recently I finished reading You Shall Know Our … more →
wrote 3 months ago: After my last literary foray, a near month spent immersed in post-revolution France and epic revenge … more →
wrote 6 months ago: I would know that in any city, at an hour like this, there are people sleeping. That most people are … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Who knew death could be so much fun? Eggers broke onto the scene in a big way – netting a nomi … more →
wrote 7 months ago: “there’s the time right after, when you’re shocked…but then there’s th … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Inspired by the cool collages done on the design site, Hip Hip Gin Gin, and looking back over the pa … more →
wrote 10 months ago: I finished reading “You shall know our velocity” by Dave Eggers last night….. I he … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This is Eggers first novel, following his memoir (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius). We … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It’s been a while since I went out to travel (I’m not a travel person). My last trip was … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I saw our very own Dave Egger’s book, “You Shall Know Our Velocity,” the other day … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Well, folks, it happened: I am officially living in New York, and have been since Thursday the 18th … more →
wrote 1 year ago: You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers This book moves. Few places on earth are left untouched … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I am not a huge fan of realism in art – I do appreciate artists such as Rembrandt, who had the … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The Wild Things, by Dave Eggers The Wild Things (2009) (novel) by Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Sitting at the shore of Unicorn Island in the Mekong Delta (Ben Tre, Vietnam) Oh, my friends, I have … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Dickens showing off his trousers. Scroll down for the intimidating panda. The closing paragraphs of … more →
wrote 3 years ago: “Everything that happens to us leaves traces, everything contributes imperceptibly to our developmen … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Around the year 2001 I was pretty big on the prefixes “post” and “meta.” I … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Dave Eggers had been known to me before this book. Some kind of hipster author, and the McSweeney … more →