For starters, they all have covers that I am embarrassed that anyone would see me walking around with. Maybe not the Raven so much, but that loopy red yarn ‘love’ that echoes the nauseating ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ and the wholesome mother (in nurturing Earth Tones) embracing her cretinous kid (also in a The-Kids-At-School-May-Spit-At-Me-But-At-Least-My-Mommy-Loves-Me palette of [...]
Archive for March, 2009
What do these 3 books have in common?
Posted in Griping, Other people's books, tagged Books are free, Bookshelf, Fail, Greige, Lenient Library, Try Something New mini-challenge on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Feels Blind
Posted in Not about books, tagged Lost youth, Magic markers, Riot grrrl on March 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This makes me feel old.
And kind of sad.
[If the video doesn't play, click a 2nd time to go straight to the YouTube page.]
Fat, by Raymond Carver
Posted in Other people's books, Short Story Diary, tagged Fiction, Raymond Carver, Short Story Monday, Try Something New mini-challenge on March 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I read this story because Robb insisted. He thinks Carver is good. I think Carver has the sheen of cool around him so much that he’s gone a little greasy. The last time we had this discussion about 6 months ago, I dragged out one of my undergrad anthologies and started reading the one about [...]
The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue – Manuel Muñoz
Posted in Other people's books, Short Story Diary, tagged Fiction, Manuel Munoz, Short Story Monday, Try Something New mini-challenge on March 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is the first book of stories in my personal short story challenge. I have long suspected that the brain-parts that allow one to *enjoy* a short story rather than just appreciate it at a slightly perplexed distance are deeply missing from my literary make-up. It’s very possible that I will read what is someone [...]
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