It’s only July but I have to put the rest of the books of 2012 on notice. You’re gonna have to work really hard to knock The Age of Miracles from the ‘Most Favorite Novel…
Date Archives 2012
Things I was right about yesterday
As is tradition, I celebrated Independence Day by journeying up to Blaine, the place of my childhood, to sweat in the 100-degree heat and laugh my head off with Jodi Hanson and her family. I…
Making fun of the dead people’s song
The Tibbles are obsessed with the Titanic. I have no idea why or how this started. All I know is that we check out a lot of books about the Titanic and spend a lot…
Ruined by Holden Caufieldization
Sometimes I get tired of the Holden Caufieldization of young adult literature. Why does the protagonist always have to be a friendless misfit? A lot of times the main character is friendless because they like…
What is wrong with this picture?
Can you spot the problem with the photo below? In case it helps, it’s from the used copy of Don DeLillo’s Great Jones Street, which I just started reading. Here it is: there are two…