I almost forgot I meant to do this at the end of each month.

Best Book of the Month: The Night Watch, Sarah Waters
Runners-Up: The Brief History of the Dead, Kevin Brockmeier; After, Francine Prose
The Don't Bother Award: The Fermata, Nicholson Baker
Recommendations of Specific Books to Specific People Who May or May Not Read This Journal: rolypolypony should ( Read more... )

Book: 15
Title: Gluttony
Author: Francine Prose
Genre: History, social analysis
One-sentence summary: An analysis of societal attitudes towards obesity, food and excessive eating through history.
Why did you get this book? A dual obsession with fat studies and Francine Prose.
Do you like the cover? It works better as part of the seven-part series ( Read more... )

Book: 14
Title: Women and Children
Author: Francine Prose
Genre: General fiction, short stories
One-sentence summary: Errm... short stories, often about women feeling disengaged from their lives, the silliness of New Age types, or a combination of those two themes.
Why did you get this book? Francine Prose, as previously mentioned, is one of my ( Read more... )

Book: 9
Title: After
Author: Francine Prose
Genre: YA fiction
One-sentence summary: In the wake of a school shooting, the students at a nearby high school find an eerie new atmosphere descending as repressive rules are enacted and students who misbehave start disappearing one by one.
Why did you get this book? It's Francine Prose.
Do you like ( Read more... )