My intentions were good. Promise and pinky swear. I initially paired Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things, a book I’ve read twice before, to Karen Russell’s new book Swamplandia! because I wanted to see where these two books merged … Continue reading
I’ll start by saying that Donna Tartt’s The Secret History was my biggest big book revelation from the year before. That book took the misconceptions I had and threw them out of the window and, in its own way, it … Continue reading
Let’s consider the opening lines of both of these books. Gabrielle Hamilton’s Blood, Bones, and Butter: “We threw a party.” Julia Child’s My Life in France: “This is a book about some of the things I have loved most in … Continue reading
The blogosphere has already erupted with the news of two book-based movies coming out this winter and so I’m a bit late commenting on the whole thing. This post won’t comment on the actual trailers themselves and the assumed quality … Continue reading
Let me preface this post by mentioning that Cheryl Strayed’s Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail was just chosen for inclusion in Oprah’s new book club. You can find more information about that here. And while there … Continue reading
So you want to know the impetus for creating a blog? It starts like this, “Man, I don’t know about my job. I wonder what else I could be doing.” Six months later, I talk about books with a friend … Continue reading
