BookBlog [dot net]an online book club in weblog formatTrying to Get to the End- January 14, 2008 Since time available for reading (and blogging, obviously) has been seriously cut back due to a longish driving commute, my progress on Then We Came to the End has been slow, slow, slow. I'm also now leaning toward disliking the book, which doesn't up my enthusiasm for getting to the ending. Although some of it is acerbically funny, a whole lot more is depressing. Take Janine Gorjanc, whose daughter was kidnapped and later found murdered. To make matters worse, the missing child billboard...http://bookblog.net/bbarchives/2008/01/trying_to_get_to_the_end.php Hardcovers, Why Can't I Love You- January 3, 2008 Imagine the scene: it's the 2007 National Book Awards. In the banquet hall, each table features a centerpiece made up of copies of the nominated titles. Invited guests polish off their desserts while, up in the balcony, the press and a small pack of bloggers put some polish on their writing. Fran Lebowitz speaks the last words of her closing remarks and the awards ceremony officially ends. Lured by the scent of freebies, crazed bloggers stampede down the stairs and run through the banquet...http://bookblog.net/bbarchives/2008/01/hardcovers_why_cant_i_love_you.php Welcome, 2008- January 2, 2008 Hoo boy, I am ever so glad last year is behind us. A topsy-turvy end to 2007 rendered me incapable of reading nothing more rigorous than wine bottle labels. And even those sometimes proved too difficult to sort out: "Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Pinot Noir I will be serving meatloaf. Is there no hero to rescue me from the Wines of California aisle of the discount liquor mart" Drying out and getting back in the swing, I'm currently making my way through Joshua Ferris' NBA nominated Then We...http://bookblog.net/bbarchives/2008/01/welcome_2008.php |