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Booklog 2007: Week 2
Jan. 15th, 2007 08:36 amSo I have more dental work today and I'm on deadline. Joy!
La la la, let's talk about something else. (And yes, these book posts are really a weekly way of asking for recommendations.)
Week 2: 8-14 January 2007
( 8. Take the Cannoli — Sarah Vowell ) It's nice to think that there are still some aspects of American life that can be seen as inclusive, red state or blue, and though Vowell (quite rightly) doesn't gloss over any of the nation's nastier aspects, she treats all her subjects with respect and humor—qualities we could certainly use more of.
( 9. Shampoo Planet — Douglas Coupland ) I couldn't get into it as much as some of Coupland's other books, even the insane ones. However, as is often the case with Coupland's novels, the closing scene is—almost atypically in relation to the rest of the book—beautiful, serene, and moving.
( 10. Eleanor Rigby — Douglas Coupland ) There's a very deep undercurrent of tragedy in this book, but still hope, still wonder—Coupland does bittersweet amazingly well.
( 11. 235 — Geoff Ryman ) I think this may have been more effective as an interactive experience on the web, because then you could click back and forth between the various passengers and better experience how they're related (not to mention who lives and who dies). Luckily, it seems that the website is still operational, so you can check it out for yourselves: 253.
( 12. Caesar — Patrick O'Brian ) In the end, this is much more interesting in light of O'Brian's later work than on any merits of its own. (Though he did write remarkably well for a 12-year-old!)
Total Books: 12
La la la, let's talk about something else. (And yes, these book posts are really a weekly way of asking for recommendations.)
Week 2: 8-14 January 2007
( 8. Take the Cannoli — Sarah Vowell ) It's nice to think that there are still some aspects of American life that can be seen as inclusive, red state or blue, and though Vowell (quite rightly) doesn't gloss over any of the nation's nastier aspects, she treats all her subjects with respect and humor—qualities we could certainly use more of.
( 9. Shampoo Planet — Douglas Coupland ) I couldn't get into it as much as some of Coupland's other books, even the insane ones. However, as is often the case with Coupland's novels, the closing scene is—almost atypically in relation to the rest of the book—beautiful, serene, and moving.
( 10. Eleanor Rigby — Douglas Coupland ) There's a very deep undercurrent of tragedy in this book, but still hope, still wonder—Coupland does bittersweet amazingly well.
( 11. 235 — Geoff Ryman ) I think this may have been more effective as an interactive experience on the web, because then you could click back and forth between the various passengers and better experience how they're related (not to mention who lives and who dies). Luckily, it seems that the website is still operational, so you can check it out for yourselves: 253.
( 12. Caesar — Patrick O'Brian ) In the end, this is much more interesting in light of O'Brian's later work than on any merits of its own. (Though he did write remarkably well for a 12-year-old!)
Total Books: 12
