Posted in Challenges, Reviews on Nov 29th, 2007 4 Comments »
Speaker for the Dead / Orson Scott Card
Tor Books, 1994 (paperback) [orig. 1986]
My reading of Speaker of the Dead was inspired by the highest recommendation of a trusted source. I was reticent to do this review because there’s a lot involved in this book, so I’ve put it off for a full two weeks, […]
Posted in General Prattling On on Nov 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
Don’t ask me how it’s possible, but I managed to go the entire extended Thanksgiving weekend without finishing a single book. I was even halfway through one, and finishing it would have been all too simple, but no.
On the bus on the way there, I tried reading Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH but […]
Posted in Challenges, Reviews on Nov 8th, 2007 2 Comments »
Amsterdam / Ian McEwan
Anchor Books, 1999 (paperback) [orig. 1998]
Amsterdam won the 1998 Booker Prize for Ian McEwan, with whose work I am otherwise unfamiliar. It’s short, but it took me forever to read because I just couldn’t muster up much interest.
When Molly Lane dies young, two of her old lovers show up at her […]
Posted in Challenges, Reviews on Nov 7th, 2007 6 Comments »
Stuart Little / E.B. White
Yearling, 1943 (paperback)
At first I thought my battered copy of Stuart Little was missing the last couple of chapters. It would make sense. The binding glue is pretty much dust at this point, the book smells like a dead animal in the attic, and, OH RIGHT, the story abruptly […]
Posted in Challenges on Nov 7th, 2007 7 Comments »
I already read a lot, but despite starting this blog, I never feel compelled to write about what I read unless I’ve somehow committed myself to doing so. This is sad. SO, I’ve decided to commit to the 888 Challenge, which is large, but open-ended. I’ll get me writing.
It’s easy. Pick […]