rant, rave & squaredance: word addictionwhat the hell--why not keep track of what I'm reading, too?now here's a feel-good story- July 27, 2003 This is a great story about a librarian in Basra who relocated 70% of the books in the city's main library to her house to save them from death by fire. Librarians rock!http://blogs.salon.com/0002085/categories/wordAddiction/2003/07/27.html#a195 there's a theme emerging here...- July 26, 2003 The Bug, Ellen Ullman--After reading an interview with Ullman in Salon and an excerpt of this book in a promo from the publisher, I was really eager to read the whole thing; for some reason, on Weds. I decided that I just had to have it, so I took myself to the undergrad library (their fiction doesn't get checked out as much, and I can keep it for a year) and picked it up. The book didn't live up to my expectations, although I have a hard time putting my finger on why. I think it just.http://blogs.salon.com/0002085/categories/wordAddiction/2003/07/26.html#a192 willy wonka in b&w- July 23, 2003 The Doctor's House, Ann Beattie--A woman, her brother, and their mother tell more or less the same events from their respective points of view. This is fine, albeit not groundbreaking, but the woman is obviously the main character and gets about half the book to herself, and I found her POV more interesting. Generally, doing various takes on the same events is intended to show the reader how radically perceptions differ, but the accounts weren't quite as different as they could have been, so...http://blogs.salon.com/0002085/categories/wordAddiction/2003/07/23.html#a189 |