Black Swan Green by David Mitchell |
Black Swan Green has to be one of the funnest books I've read in years. Take a modern day adventure tale and mix it with a kid who's most of us as we were at 12 or 13 and you get a painstakingly hilar...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:10:00 GMT |
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid |
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is an engulfing, interesting, and disturbing novel. It tells the story of a young Princeton graduate, Chengez, seemingly on top of the world when the attacks on the World ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:20:00 GMT |
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida |
I've been flying a little bit more than usual lately and on my way out the door on my way to Florida, I grabbed Vendela Vida's newest book, Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name. I've delayed writin...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:34:00 GMT |
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz |
Dear everyone on the planet,I'd like to introduce you to one of the most original and bizarre books I've read in a long time. I've been blessed that my recent reading has led me down a path of nothing...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:37:00 GMT |
Wounded by Percival Everett |
Wounded has to go down as one of my favorite novels this year. My previous post dealt with another newer novel, American Youth. Both stand out as quintessentially American novels and both ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:56:00 GMT |
American Youth by Phil Lamarche |
I've read two essential yet vastly different American novels lately, American Youth by Phil Lamarche and Wounded by Percival Everett. I pull Everett's novel into this piece solely because both b...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT |
Like Son by Felicia Luna Lemus |
I'm finally back! After a couple months of forgetting that I love to read, I'm back! All I can do is jump up and down with ecstatic truth. The first book in is Felicia Luna Lemus's second book, Like S...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:11:00 GMT |
Rant on Rant |
I'm finishing the last of Chuck Palahniuk's new novel as another missile of a storm comes rolling through and I can't help but thinking that it's perfect. Not only do I love storms, but I loved his ne...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:16:00 GMT |
Irvine Welsh in Atlanta |
We're all recovering from a late night hosting Irvine Welsh at the Highland Inn. About a hundred folks showed up to celebrate the rare appearance of Welsh in Atlanta. Rare, as in the first. Hubcap Ci...
Posted by on Sun, 13 May 2007 14:13:00 GMT |
House of Meetings by Martin Amis |
Martin Amis arrived on the scene early in the year with a predictably great novel. House of Meetings is an expansive story set against the tightness of Stalin's Russia. This isn't Amis's first foray i...
Posted by on Sun, 13 May 2007 08:19:00 GMT |
