rant, rave & squaredance: word addictionwhat the hell--why not keep track of what I'm reading, too?ten little indians- June 25, 2003 Sherman Alexie was in town doing a reading for his new book of stories, Ten Little Indians (I have this from the library, but haven't read it yet; I like his shorts, but wasn't impressed too greatly by his novel), yesterday. As a part of his promotional tour-dealie, he did an interview on our locally-produced NPR call-in show, and it was tragic. Part of it made me laugh out loud and possibly threaten the safety of other drivers (I'm exaggerating). The interviewer--I'll be kind enough not to...http://blogs.salon.com/0002085/categories/wordAddiction/2003/06/25.html#a173 many pages, not many of them good- June 20, 2003 The Crimson Petal and the White, Michel Faber--Carolyn and I did this as a read-along type thing, and when she posts her review, it will be far more informative than this one, since I don't really do "proper" reviews. Petals is around 850 pages long, yet it comes to an abrupt end, as if the author's editor told him that he couldn't possibly expect to hold his readers past page 860, or something idiotic like that. Or maybe they sent it to a test audience. Faber obviously researched this...http://blogs.salon.com/0002085/categories/wordAddiction/2003/06/20.html#a168 as if you needed a reason to buy books...- June 6, 2003 Gwen's got a post about a great way to help needy libraries. Apparently, one can order books from Amazon, pick a library from their list, and they take care of the rest. Maybe you should see if the library you grew up in is hurting, and help them out. Gwen found out about this at pamie.com, and Pamie's description of the harm that will come to library patrons if you don't donate is hysterically funny. I know that the libraries in Durham have cut back on their hours, which weren't great to begin.http://blogs.salon.com/0002085/categories/wordAddiction/2003/06/06.html#a153 |