15
Jul
2010
Honeymoon in Tehran by Azadeh Moaveni
Azadeh Moaveni published this book slightly too early. It came out last year before the riots over the election in Iran. Thus I assume this sequel to Lipstick Jihad will become the second book in a trilogy.
3
Jun
2010
Epileptic by David B.
I don’t often talk explicitly about the art when reviewing graphic novels. To me, the art is usually secondary to the story (and the writing thereof). But the art in David B.’s Epileptic blew my mind.
30
Sep
2009
Everything Sucks by Hannah Friedman
The grass isn’t greener on the otherside. But that never stops people from hopping the fence. Hannah Friedman grew up with a monkey for a sister. Literally. How cool is that? Apparently not so cool when you are known as “monkey girl” for ever and ever and step on monkey shit and are outdone by a creature that eats spaghetti with her toes.
29
Sep
2009
The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
I have mixed feelings about this book. Mixed feelings about the way it was written and its content.
1
Jun
2009
Maus I & II by Art Spiegelman
I remember my sister having the first one over fifteen years ago. She was still living at home and going to college, which would make me… Let’s say 8. I wanted to look at them because they were cartoons, and she explained to me that they were about the Holocaust. I tried to read them anyways, but soon grew bored.
22
May
2009
Dakota: A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris
I’m probably biased in saying this, but when it comes to spiritual writing (of the non-self help variety, for which there is nothing good) Kathleen Norris is better than Ann Lamott times infinity.
19
May
2009
Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni
I just finished this book today. I have a lot to say about it. The first thing though, is that I highly recommend it–especially for book clubs. It’s a book that you’ll want to discuss.
18
May
2009
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
I remember learning in my high school International Relations class about Sierra Leone. We, suburban kids of various backgrounds, were shocked when we heard that not only do they chop people’s limbs off, but they conscript children to do it by forcing them into the army getting them addicted to “brown brown”, which is cocaine mixed with whatever else the army had (usually gunpowder).
14
May
2009
Persepolis 1 & 2 by by Marjane Satrapi
Of course, now you can buy these books as The Complete Persepolis, thereby saving about five bucks, but I have them as the picture shows. They are two different books, based on two different parts of the author’s life.
12
May
2009
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
You may have seen a pattern in some of my reading selections. If not, I’ll spell it out for you. I’m a fan of religion. Religion, writing, and shoes. Those are at the top of my pyramid of interests. When I was in college I double majored in English (creative writing) and Comparative Religion, and for a couple of years there I worked in a shoe store. Good times, good times.
