20
Oct
2010
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park. What can I say? I liked it far better than I thought I would. But it made me think about a lot of things, not least of which about Jane Austen herself.
13
Jun
2010
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
This is…an unhappy book with an unhappy ending, full of laugh out loud moments. Oh how fun it is to see ourselves in others’ ennui, however over-the-top it may be.
31
Jan
2010
Nibble & Kuhn by David Schmahmann
Either David Schmahmann is a master of subtle characterization, or he’s kind of a jerk, and this just seeped out into his characters naturally.
23
Jan
2010
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I’m a bit behind in reviews…for instance, I read this one some time last month. Part of this is procrastination on my part. But part of this is also that I wanted to let it digest in my brain.
10
Dec
2009
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
I was a bit skeptical about this, as I have a certain disapproval about fiction about real people, living or dead. But I must say I found this one delightful! With an exclamation point!
29
Nov
2009
The Dream Life of Balso Snell by Nathanael West
This novella starts out with an American poet, Balso Snell, in Troy on vacation. He encounter the Trojan Horse and decides to climb inside. Snell can’t reach the opening in the horse’s mouth, and the opening in it’s navel is apparently stuck or something, so he climbs in through the horse’s asshole.
15
Nov
2009
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
It’s possible that Jane Austen’s wit is at its height in Northanger Abbey. Those biting little sentences that describe characters, and their quips to one another ring throughout the walls of bath and the great house Northanger Abbey.
2
Nov
2009
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner
This is going to be one of those posts where I mostly just quote from the book. James Finn Garner, takes classic fairy tales, and makes them satirically politically correct. While occasionally that can be offensive (odd, that), it’s all in good fun.
2
Nov
2009
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
I have higher expectations for Chuck Palahniuk, so I’m sorry to say that I was underwhelmed by this book. True, there are scenes that are disturbingly grotesque, and much of it is fairly creepy, but taken as a whole, I remained unimpressed.
24
Sep
2009
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Listen, O my brothers, as I relate to you a skorry tale of Alex and his droogs, who are real horrorshow malchicks, what with their bitvas, using everything from nozhes to fisties to booties, and tolchocking litsos, viddying the krovvy running red. That is, when they aren’t busy drinking the old moloko at some mesto or giving a devotchka the ultra-violent in-out in-out while they boohoohoo. The whole while Alex slooshies his droog Ludwig van in his gulliver, which might make him unusual because most nadsats slooshie real gloopy pop warbles that about makes him bezoomny.
