Dave Barry released this book (which I bought for a quarter at a book fair) in 1988, and it basically contains all of his newspaper articles for the previous several years. Despite the dated politics (it contains a lot of Nixon & Reagan jokes), it holds up surprisingly well, considering it’s 27 years old (oh my god that means my little sister is also 27 years old…). A lot of it remains very relevant, overshadowing that which does not (such as a whole chapter on the […]
Dooce!
I started reading Dooce.com around 2003 or 2004 — whenever she had her first baby (the main subject of this novel) — and spent a few weeks reading through the hilarious archives. The book came out a few years later, and by then I’d kind of quit checking in on the antics of Heather Armstrong — mostly because it had turned primarily into a design blog which isn’t really my thing. I checked in a few days ago when I finished this book, read that her […]
An Adequate View
I…kind of liked this book. It was…okay. Overall, the annoying/dull parts ended up getting balanced with the interesting parts, so it kind of ended up being average. Appropriate for a novel where one of the main characters owns a hotel called “The Adequate View”. “Then she smiled, and in that instant, if such a thing were possible, Pasquale fell in love, and he would remain in love for the rest of his life–not so much with the woman, whom he didn’t even know, but with the moment.” A lot happens […]
Finally read this one!
Quite a few Cannonballers have reviewed Code Name Verity over the past few years, and just about everyone has raved about it (less so for the sequel, which bums me out, but I plan to read it anyway). I finally snagged myself a copy, and I have to say I totally loved this book — it lives up to the hype! I have two weeks. You’ll shoot me at the end no matter what I do. The first half of the novel takes place in the form of […]