Warning: Bold proclamation ahead, proceed with caution. Thus far, six months into the year, Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad is my second favorite novel of 2010 (Peter Bognanni’s The House of Tomorrow…
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The girl who falls from the sky
Usually when I discover books based on the author’s Largehearted Boy Book Notes essay, it’s something about the music he or she choose that captures my attention. Or, most likely, the author picks music that…
Ramona might have been a feminist
Beezus is nine and she’s got a bratty handful of a four-year-old sister, Ramona. Beezus likes to embroider pot holders, read books, and take art classes. Ramona likes to ride her tricycle in the house…
Rereading ‘Franny & Zooey’
Since I have encouraged everyone I know to go back and re-read the books they were younger, my Rock & Roll Bookclub chose J.D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey for our May read. It is one…
The Bombardier’s excellent adventure
To be frank, Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder by Travis Nichols was one of those books that alternately charmed the hell out of me and annoyed the crap out of me. The…
My review of American Psycho rescued from an old journal circa 2000
09Jan00, 6 p.m., Bowling Alley American Psycho – Bret Easton Ellis So I am sitting here reading this book. I think Mom & Dad got it for me as a Christmas gift. I asked for…