My book exchange gifts arrived today. Eep!! Thanks so much, Jo for two things that have been percolating in my Goodreads. (The other book is “It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: My Advdntures in Life and Food.”) I know what I’ll be tackling first in Cannonball 7!!
She’s a brick house. She’s mighty mighty and letting it all hang out to frighten you.
Oh. My. Gosh. This novel has been my albatross. I came across this book many years ago, borrowed from a friend. I tried to read it, but stalled out. I had my mother buy it for me for Christmas a few years ago and still was never able to conquer it. Yesterday, I was victorious. This is the most mesmerizing, confusing, terrifying, frustrating, wonderful novel that I have ever read. It is a literal and figurative labyrinth and the fact that a human brain could […]
War: What is it good for?
Though the ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu wrote it more than 2,500 years ago The Art of War is still referenced and used today. Its relevance applies not only to war, but it has far reaching applications to leadership, business, etc. I’m more of an organizer/to do list maker than a long term planner, strategic thinking isn’t my strong suit, so I knew that I could learn a thing or too from this ancient tome. “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need […]
You reeeeeeeally should have talked about Kevin.
I remember seeing the trailers for the movie adaptation of the novel and it scared the bejeebus out of me. I’m not a big horror film fan, though I do enjoy suspense novels, but there is something about evil kids that completely unnerves me. Still, I was intrigued so when I came across the book at a book sale I snatched it up. Through letters written to her estranged husband, we watch Eva Khatchadourian try to make sense of life after her son, the titular […]
Ben Joe: Doesn’t Know Whether to Scratch His Watch or Wind His Butt
This is the first book that I have read by Anne Tyler: I picked it up on a whim having never heard of her because I came across many of her novels at a book sale and reviews of her work seemed good. I was not terribly impressed by this one, but after finding out this was her first novel, and she wrote it at 22 I may give her another whirl. Ben Joe is the only son in a house filled with women: mom, […]
Hamlet. But with dogs. And not as good.
I just now realized that I never reviewed this book that I finished at the beginning of September so this review is under some serious mental cobwebs. Suffice it to say if I had been fired up about the novel, I would have reviewed it at the time. Edgar, born mute, lives with his family on their farm breeding and raising dogs. It’s not an easy life, but it is a good one. When his estranged uncle returns and his father dies tragically, Edgar’s world […]
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