1. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken:This was the best book I read all year. No hemming, no hawing, no second guessing — the best. McCracken’s memoir about giving…
Date Archives 2008
Granny Internet, that blogger
I have become that blogger. That blogger we all hate more than we hate being called bloggers. At work I’ve become that blogger who whines about how nobody comments on her blog. I can’t believe…
3 really cool things I need to point out on MN Reads
1. Former-Replacements’ drummer Chris Mars answered the 6 questions we always ask. To say that I was honored is the understatement of the year. 2. Rain Taxi is auctioning off some great signed books to…
Credibility trumps neurosis, my continuing battle with MN road conditions
It rained a lot yesterday here in Minnesota. Then, because we live in a place that should be inhabitable by humans, the temperature plummeted some 30 degrees and here we sit with at -6 with…
The 7 worst books I read in 2008 reviewed in 10 words or less
Today Largehearted Boy keeps peppering his Twitter with links to newspapers publishing their best books of 2008 lists. I am making my own list and currently checking it twice. However, while making the list I…
The best holiday villains presented in order
The Grinch Scut Farkus Burgermeister Meisterburger Heat Miser Professor Hinkle Miles Finch Henry Potter