Book 71: Tales of the City – Armistead Maupin
I first read Tales of the City for a class my final year of undergrad. It was for a course on […]
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Book 69: The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri
A friend in undergrad recommended I read this novel and I’m sad it took me this long to read it. The Namesake is one of the most beautifully and eloquently written novels I have read this year, if not ever.
There is something so simple and yet strikingly intricate in Lahiri’s prose. I can only compare her to the lyrical like prose I’ve read from many Irish authors. I found myself repeating sentences in my head because of their artful construction. The foreign names, foods, and customs interwoven with the familiar places and customs created a story I couldn’t put down. I’ve compared Jhumpa Lahiri to Jane Austen, in the ordinariness of what she writes and her style, and I stand by this, but it is the lives and deaths—the full picture, rather than the snapshot—at which Lahiri excels.
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Book 68: Waiting for Snow in Havana – Carlos Eire
This book was both brilliant and boring. There were times when I couldn’t stop reading and times when all I wanted to do was set the book down and move on to another book. Mostly I’m glad I finished it and hopefully it is one of those books that in a few weeks/months I’ll appreciate having read it.
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Book 65: From Boys to Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up – Ted Gideonse and Rob Williams (eds.)
This book is a bit unusual in that I have no idea when or where I picked up this collection
Book 63: Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street – Herman Melville
This is my first introduction to Herman Melville. I don’t believe I’ve read any bits of Moby Dick, even though
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Book 62: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters – Jane Austen and Ben Winters
This Quirk Classic was MUCH better than Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I’m not sure whether it’s because this is
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Book 59: Him, Her, Him Again, The End of Him – Patricia Marx
If I were to write a novel, I assume it would be something like this one, somewhat scatter-brained, somewhat genius
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Book 58: What Would Jane Austen Do? – Laurie Brown
What a fun novel! I was not expecting much as I purchased this in the Kindle sale a few weeks
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Book 57: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
This was a so-so read. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but I remember when it first hit the
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