Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Cry of the Sloth
by Sam Savage I never actually met a book that I would have described as being “tragicomic.” Of course I knew what it meant — it’s pretty easy to guess the definition from the word itself, and I’ve certainly read … Continue reading
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Brooklyn
by Colm Tóibín With good books, it really is better to read them late, long after everyone else you know already has, than to never have read them at all. At least that’s how I felt when I finished Colm … Continue reading
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Getting Stoned with Savages
by J. Marten Troost J. Marten Troost’s Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu is an anecdotal (and frequently hilarious) account of the year he spent with his wife Sylvia living on the South … Continue reading
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Two Great Books for Older Teens
by Justine Larbalestier I am generally not fond of books with unreliable narrators — they simply seem to add to my already abnormally high level of anxiety. Call me naïve, but I usually want a narrator that I can believe. … Continue reading
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Nomad’s Hotel: Travels in Time and Space
by Cees Nooteboom There are some armchair travel books I would put into a category simply labeled “Something Special,” and Cees Nooteboom’s Nomad’s Hotel: Travels in Time and Space (Mariner Books, 2009) is one of them. This collection ranges over … Continue reading
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