Cannonball Read 18

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All I ever wanted to do was teach.

Election by Tom Perrotta

Nine Inches by Tom Perrotta

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Election – 4/5 The publication of this book is kind of curious. Tom Perrotta had had a book rejected or something like that and they asked him if they had anything else to offer, and he pulled this book out. Before it was even published it was already optioned and filming began. So the book came out almost at the same time as the movie. And this was one of those movies I randomly saw in the theater in high school and was blown away […]

Laurie Garvey hadn’t been raised to believe in the Rapture.

The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta

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This is the novel of the tv show from HBO. I am watching the show now and there’s a lot in the show that I think the novel might have been improved had it contained some of the different choices, but also, I think the novel captures some things much better. So the plot here is that about 1-2 percent of the world population disappears in what appears to be the Rapture. It’s called the Rapture, but there’s no clear consensus about whether that’s an […]

It was a long drive and Eve cried most of the way home, because the big day hadn’t gone the way that she’d hoped…

Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta

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I didn’t look up any criticism on this book, but if I had to guess it’s probably cited from both sides as either: going too far or not going too far enough! This book is primarily told through the voices of Eve Fletcher, a single mom in her forties, who in the opening chapter of the book drops her son off at his dorm on his first day ever of college. The day is fraught because he woke up extremely hung over and in the […]

The New Mrs. Robinson

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Tom Perrotta is a man familiar with suburbia and its sexual quirks, hidden secrets, and comedic characters. His latest, Mrs. Fletcher, is more of what you may expect from Perrotta. This is not a bad thing by any means, and I enjoyed this novel well enough. I will admit, however, that I left the book feeling a little underwhelmed and can only give this three stars, though it has many good qualities. The eponymous Mrs. Fletcher (Eve) lives in a quiet New England suburb (Haddington, […]

I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself

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I’ve tagged “The Leftovers” as science fiction, although I’m not sure it was intended as such.  The book opens with a great conceit: Over 2% of the Earth’s population has disappeared.  Just poof, gone!  Some think it was the Rapture; most are simply stunned and confused by what has happened.  The novel focuses on the residents of a quaint suburbia called Mapleton and how they attempt to move on several years after the great exodus. I absolutely loved the premise.  What would you do if […]



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