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…
Browsing Category Books
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…
Knocked Up
One of my all-time favorite Saturday Night Live moments is a Debbie Downer sketch where Rachel Dratch biffs a line and the rest of the people in the sketch — Amy Poehler, Lindsay Lohan, Horatio…
Winding down
My lower lip is chapped because I like to bite on it when I’m lost in thought or a book. I run my tongue over my upper lip when I concentrate on building things like…
Such a disappointment
I usually have a strict 100-page rule for books. If after 100 pages I don’t care, am dissatisfied, or bored by the book I chuck it aside and move on. I didn’t do that with…
She saw him standing there
In the epic battle of The Beatles vs. The Stones, I come down firmly in The Stones camp. That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t also love The Beatles. In fact, I’d say The Beatles…