The last segment for 2011. For the full list, see 2011 Books Read. 126. The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides Centres around Madeleine Hanna, an English major in an on-again-off-again relationship with Leonard Morten (who may or may not be David Foster Wallace), much to the chagrin of Mitchell Grammaticus, who’s in love with fair Madeleine. It […]
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I’ve got two reviews in this issue of Broken Pencil.
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Better late than never. 105. Short Talks, by Anne Carson This is the first collection I’ve read from Carson, and these prose poems have turned me into a budding fan. I adored Short Talks and must read more from her. 106. 100 Jams, Jellies Preserves & Pickles, by Gloria Nicol On the surface the recipes seemed great,
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As this is the fourth edition of Shelf Life, if you’ve been reading this blog with any regularity, you probably have a pretty good idea what it’s about. If you don’t, check out past editions for more info. I’m going to try to make this as brief as I can, as we’re almost halfway through November, and
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June marked the first edition of Shelf Life, and July the second, so with August I bring you the third collection of brief notes on what I read this month. You’ll notice this month’s list has gone up in a much more timely fashion. This time I took my own advice and wrote these notes as I
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I found this review from May 2010 in my Drafts folder. It was whole and complete, but for some reason or another it remained unpublished. It’s a great book, so I thought I’d post it as is. Better late than never, right? As mentioned earlier, our book club pick for May was The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane
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