As we announced a couple weeks ago, Erin Balser and I have decided to run a book club in a mere 140 seconds, and we’re taping it for your viewing pleasure. Just watch the video and then join in the conversation here. Books in 140 Seconds runs every second Thursday, and we’ll give you a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘american’
Books in 140 Seconds: Prep
Posted in books in 140 seconds, tagged american, books in 140 seconds, fiction on March 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including, Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry, by Leanne Shapton
Posted in JK's Reviews, tagged american, graphic novel, KIRBC RECOMMENDED, relationships on January 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Probably ever since we rested our tired nomadic feet and decided to settle down to some nice farming, humans have become curators in our own personal museums. Some may be conscious cultivation of our tastes such as art or certain impenetrable classics on the bookcase, while objects are things that we need in day to [...]
Mathilda Savitch, by Victor Lodato
Posted in JK's Reviews, tagged 2009 books, american, fiction, KIRBC RECOMMENDED on December 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Isn’t language amazing? I can’t get over it. Sometimes you can just say things and it’s like a bomb that blows all your clothes off and suddenly there you are naked. I don’t know if it’s disgusting or beautiful.” So says Mathilda Savitch, protagonist of the novel of the same name by Victor Lodato. It’s [...]
