As someone who spends most of her time reading (and writing) literary fiction, I have a hard time writing about…
Posts tagged 2008 Books
All About Lulu
All About Lulu is so good that I am willing to forgive its author, Jonathan Evison, for being a little…
The 10 Best Books I read in 2008
1. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken:This was the best book I read all…
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…
The Gargoyle makes me sound like a stoner
Andrew Davidson’s debut novel The Gargoyle, is the kind of book that gives me nextbookaphobia. This is a condition marked…
Just because it’s got vampires doesn’t mean it’s not sexist bullshit
Read Christa’s review Yowza! I was surprised by the rage Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight brought out of me. This was one…
The Wordy Shipmates
I often like to call Sarah Vowell the Gen X Doris Kearns Goodwin or Stephen Ambrose. She’s a historian for…
The best book I’ve read all year
I’ve been trying to write about Elizabeth McCracken’s memoir An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination for three…
Confessions to Philip Roth
Forgive me Philip Roth, for I have sinned. First of all, I’m confessing as though I was that kind of…
Dear Everybody
Dear Authors, Listen to me. If you were smart you would write interesting Largehearted Boy Book Notes essays about your…