If Salman Rushdie’s Ground Beneath Her Feet had been, oh, about 400 pages instead of 592 pages, I’d probably have loved the crap out of it. It’s got everything I love in a book: a…
Posts tagged 2012 Books
Snore Arabia
When you tell people you’re spending a majority of your summer reading Rock & Roll novels they immediately tell you to read Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta. Because it was a Rock & Roll novel…
Really Gone
After reading Christa’s review of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. I became a little obsessed with reading the book. At first I thought it’d be the book I’d use to break in my brand-new library card….
Life Goes On
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…
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…