![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Booklog Will Save Your Life
Dec. 19th, 2010 05:41 pmI swear someone is standing outside my window with a hose, because there is no way it can or should be raining this much in Los Angeles.
( 61. Our Hero — Tom De Haven )this book is a joy to read: a thoughtful investigation into why stories and characters are so important, into how an alien from Krypton can help us think about what makes us human.
( 62. Alone With You — Marisa Silver ) We all already know that I never learn.
( 63. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest — Stieg Larsson ) If characters like Lisbeth—if women in central, heroic roles—can seep into the collective subconscious the way Han Solo and hundreds of years of male heroes sunk into mine, then maybe the next girl (or boy) growing up won’t have to have some big revelation about how she can write women in her stories. She’ll already know.
( 64. The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Ed. by John Joseph Adams )I would like to see “Commonplaces” collected in other books, because then this one would truly be completely unnecessary.
( 65. Hotel Iris — Yoko Ogawa ) I really don’t recommend that people unfamiliar with Ogawa start here; build up a tolerance and then see if you are strong and brave enough. I am not.
( 66. The Thief — Megan Whalen Turner ) is there any reason for me to continue?
( 67. & 200. Blackout & All Clear — Connie Willis ) Oh, Max, Max: we need to invent time travel for you.
( 68. Trickster — Ed. by Matt Dembicki ) this is a genre of storytelling that never ceases to delight and entrance me.
( 69. Catching Fire — Suzanne Collins ) I actually did the “Man, there aren’t a lot of pages left here; how is she going to wrap this...wait a minute!” thing.
( 70. Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life — Steve Almond ) Is Scott-Heron’s three-minute, thirty-four-second song more powerful than Almond’s whole book? Possibly, but that just proves Almond’s point.
Total Reviews: 70/210
( 61. Our Hero — Tom De Haven )this book is a joy to read: a thoughtful investigation into why stories and characters are so important, into how an alien from Krypton can help us think about what makes us human.
( 62. Alone With You — Marisa Silver ) We all already know that I never learn.
( 63. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest — Stieg Larsson ) If characters like Lisbeth—if women in central, heroic roles—can seep into the collective subconscious the way Han Solo and hundreds of years of male heroes sunk into mine, then maybe the next girl (or boy) growing up won’t have to have some big revelation about how she can write women in her stories. She’ll already know.
( 64. The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Ed. by John Joseph Adams )I would like to see “Commonplaces” collected in other books, because then this one would truly be completely unnecessary.
( 65. Hotel Iris — Yoko Ogawa ) I really don’t recommend that people unfamiliar with Ogawa start here; build up a tolerance and then see if you are strong and brave enough. I am not.
( 66. The Thief — Megan Whalen Turner ) is there any reason for me to continue?
( 67. & 200. Blackout & All Clear — Connie Willis ) Oh, Max, Max: we need to invent time travel for you.
( 68. Trickster — Ed. by Matt Dembicki ) this is a genre of storytelling that never ceases to delight and entrance me.
( 69. Catching Fire — Suzanne Collins ) I actually did the “Man, there aren’t a lot of pages left here; how is she going to wrap this...wait a minute!” thing.
( 70. Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life — Steve Almond ) Is Scott-Heron’s three-minute, thirty-four-second song more powerful than Almond’s whole book? Possibly, but that just proves Almond’s point.
Total Reviews: 70/210
