April 2011
19 posts
Karen Russell, Swamplandia!
booksinthekitchen:
My review of Karen Russell’s much-anticipated novel Swamplandia! appears in today’s Edmonton Journal, as well as right here online.
I didn’t love it as much as most people, but there’s still plenty to recommend. Since we’re in an exclamatory mode, click through!(!!)
10 overrated literary classics - The National →
irunfrombears:
The National lists their 10 most overrated literary classics. While I don’t agree with most of this list, I do like their suggestions on what to read instead.
“Gloria laughed at them and said she’d overtaken grief a long time ago, that she...”
– Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (via mangofreee)
“All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: share what you have, play...”
– - Robert Fulghum. (via puslebit)
25 Books to Read Before 25 →
booksbooksbooks:
Including: To Kill a Mockingbird, Great Expectations, and The Historian.
“The sad truth is that the truth is sad.”
– The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket (via princessleah7x) (via quote-book) (via pleasedo) (via booktumbling)