Posted in Uncategorized on October 31st, 2006 2 Comments »
“RESTLESS: A Novel, by William Boyd (Bloomsbury, $24.95)
“Put this one on your reading list. This is, hands down, the best spy story I’ve read since The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Totally different from Boyd’s last novel, Any Human Heart, it’s absolutely brilliantly written. You’ll […]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25th, 2006 18 Comments »
I am interested to read the reviews for the new Truman Capote biopic, Infamous. The NYT gave it a positive review. After having seen the movie on Sunday, I have to disagree with the paper and state that last year’s Capote was much, to me, more satisfying and interesting. Infamous was uneven and questionably accurate, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21st, 2006 3 Comments »
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Posted in Uncategorized on October 17th, 2006 11 Comments »
It’s snowing. 13 didn’t wear a coat today, despite my demand that kids should wear coats from October 1 to May 14, no matter what. Huh.
Posted in Uncategorized on October 14th, 2006 7 Comments »
The Guardian releases its choices for top British novels.
I am unfamiliar with Penelope Fitzgerald. Recommendations?
I have decided to start going to the library for quick reads since my book group and I have parted reading ways. So last week, I picked up Tom Perrotta’s Joe College, which was fun, not as well-developed as Little Children. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 11th, 2006 19 Comments »
I switched over to the beta-blogger. Then, when I wanted to comment on Emma’s blog, I was told that I could no longer comment on non-beta blogger blogs. (Take that, Dr. Seuss.)
So now I have to create a new non-beta persona to be able to comment. And hence this is my new blog, in glorious […]
