Way back when I was a kid in the 1970s, I remember seeing part of a TV production of Great Expectations starring Michael York as Pip. While I had forgotten most of the story, I do have a vivid recollection of Miss Havisham, who cannot help but leave an impression on a viewer or reader. I don’t think I ever read the novel before now, or if I tried, I never finished. And so with this review, I give a nod to “the canon,” which […]
Too many damn pages for any man to understand.
“Her cup is sitting there, with a bit of tea left in it. I leave it where it is, without touching it. The cup looks like a metaphor. A metaphor of memories that, before long, will be lost.” Out of context this quote actually sounds lovely, but after ages of reading about people buying underpants and eating eel and taking dumps I was pretty much “urh!” by the time we got to saying things are metaphors. Because not just the tea cups, no “The whole […]
Fifty Shades of Blisters
I suspect the usual audience for a run memoir is runners, of the current or former variety. Running can be dreary enough without actually reading about it. (Dancing about architecture, anyone?) So, right off the bat, Tom Foreman’s My Year of Running Dangerously has a bit of an uphill battle with a significant portion of the reading public. Foreman makes a respectable effort at chronicling the descent into madness that is running.
Don’t Forget!
It’s a busy time of year, so here’s a short to-do list to make sure you get everything done: Post all of your reviews and update your CBR8 leaderboard total before it ends at noon (EST) on New Year’s Eve. Register for CBR9. Send Mswas (by email or web) your 3 best books and 1 worst reviewed this year (WITH LINKS PLEASE) by December 22. It’s that easy! Thanks for supporting Cannonball Read this year. We’ve got some even bigger plans for number NINE. Please […]
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