Eurgh. This book underlines perfectly the reasons why all my attempted Booker Prize Longlist reads have failed in the past. It came VERY close to ending my attempt this year, as at around the halfway point, I was so very bored that I nearly threw in the towel. But I persisted, and I finished it, mostly so I could finally complete a fricking Booker Challenge. That’s pretty much the only good thing I can say about it. Apparently, Aw’s previous novels have been described as “mesmerizing,” […]
Enough with the humor. Just tell me the story.
For the past 5 of 6 months, I’ve been juggling two different book clubs. The first one, the one I’ve been in for years, was starting to get on my nerves. Not the people so much as the book choices. They just weren’t for me. I’m not a Twilight Mom and I’m not an Oprah addict, so there wasn’t much there for me. And I found myself a second, more “me” club. But even if I didn’t read the chosen books for the original club, […]
Hello, Clarice
Last year I decided to read the Hannibal novels after I watched the first season of NBC’s Hannibal. For those of you who have not seen Hannibal, please watch it. Don’t let them cancel it on me! Claire Danes’s husband plays Will Graham, and his crazy face rivals her cry face! And man, these Hannibal Lecter books are FUN. I highly doubt I need to summarize the plot, but in case you have not been alive for the past twenty-five years, Hannibal Lecter is a convicted serial […]
You’ve Got (A Cute Guy Reading Your) Mail
Lincoln O’Neill is stuck, in more ways than one. He’s living at home with his mother, having recently finished another of his many degrees and not quite ready to strike out on his own. He’s haunted by memories of his one true love, Sam, the girl who broke his heart in college. He’s also feeling bound by his job. It was supposed to be “internet security” for the local newspaper – protecting the company’s computers from hackers, for example – but instead, he sits all […]