77 posts tagged “books”
Still, all 3 stories are cute and charming, and I really like when characters weave back and forth from one to another. A fun xmas break read, certainly.
I did learn a few things, and like the reflections a lot. But yeah, I could have used much less clinical and much more pop-science. Le sigh.
Also, lately I get tired of movies and books where the female lead is angry with her mate (rationally or irrationally, doesn't really matter) yet as soon as she sees that other person's point of view, she does a 180 and loses sight of her own. I guess holding two viewpoints at once is too complicated for fiction...
Cranky-pants me! I think I'm done with Giffin, sadly. I really liked her first two novels.
I really like Alvarez. This is the third of her books I have read. I discovered her sometime after college when I was looking for authors like Sandra Cisneros. Alvarez writes about her homeland in the Domincan Republic. She writes literature, so I read it a little more slowly than beach reads, which is good. But she isn't trying so hard to be impressive with big words and confusing sentences like a lot of the literature I avoid, which is another reason she is so good. I'm not sure what else to say about it, other than that she is amazing and lovely! I recommend this one along with In The Name of Salome and How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (I have yet to read Yo!).
This was a charming book of essays. I forgot a lot about these books I read so long ago, and I didn't entirely relate to what a lot of the women remembered about their girlhood, but I still enjoyed these stories. Little glimpses back at books I loved, books I read more than once, books that helped girls to know whatever they were feeling was also felt-- maybe even understood-- by someone else. I recommend these essays... and maybe rereading your favorite Judy Blume book-- even if it's _Wifey_ :)
Yay, fixed link on Vox!! Woo-hoo!
While waiting on Vox to clean up its act, I've had a lot of time to reflect on this book. And yet, I'm still not sure what to say about it. I didn't dislike it-- the characters were full people, the story was told in an interesting order, the writing was good. But I don't think I liked it either-- I didn't especially like any of these full characters, I didn't really like how it ended, and it took me entirely too long to finish for me to suspect I liked it. So I guess this is a mixed review. The writing was good, encouraging me to maybe go look up one of her previous titles... but probably not in any hurry.
This is a good read. Not just cuz I worship at the alter of Obama, but cuz he's a good writer. There's some soul searching, connecting with family... it's a coming of age book... for people in their twenties. It's good.
Unlike my ability to form sentences today...
Recommended! Highly! Also loved Assassination Vacation (thank you Amy) and am looking forward to reading her newest book, The Wordy Shipmates, in the near future.
Some people would recommend it, yes (which is how I ended up reading it). But I've already given away my copy.
I loved this book. It is well written, has full characters, a good story, a proper resolution, and an elephant. I'm a happy girl. There's a good balance of sad and funny too. Highly recommended.
