Posts tagged Fiction

in Books on 24.Sep.09 24.Sep.09 with 7 Comments by Jodi Chromey

We really do need to talk about Kevin

Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! You need to read We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. It’s the kind of book that the minute you finish it, all you want to do…

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in Books on 01.Aug.09 01.Aug.09 by Jodi Chromey

Dag.

Dear @colsonwhitehead, I’m sorry for doubting you. I was going to write this apology/review in a series of 140 character paragraphs (ala tweet) but that’s too much of a pain in the ass and would…

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in Books on 27.Jul.09 27.Jul.09 with 1 Comment by Jodi Chromey

Both Ways is the Only Way I Want it, so good it literally took my breath away

Anyone who has ever read Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” a second (or more) time will remember that chest-tightening tension that happens when you read about the grandmother and…

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in Books on 07.Jun.09 07.Jun.09 by Jodi Chromey

Gushing

This might be stating the obvious, but I love reading. It’s my favorite pastime and something I do every single day. That being said, not many books are fun to read. It’s not like reading…

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in Books on 01.Jun.09 21.Feb.19 with 3 Comments by Jodi Chromey

Rock & Roll June Book 1: The Emo Family Robinson

Since The Umbrella Academy Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite was written by Gerard Way of the band My Chemical Romance (whose music I am not familiar with at all), I decided it totally counts as part…

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in Books on 30.May.09 30.May.09 by Jodi Chromey

Twin Study

If I were independently wealthy I would buy hundreds of copies of Stacey Richter’s short story collection Twin Study so that I could pass them out to people who claim to not like short stories…

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