What I've Finished Reading

The Laughing Monsters. I like Denis Johnson, though his work was never the beacon for me that it was for a lot of people I know, so I read this book partly out of a sense of obligation despite some clear indications that it was going to be Not My Thing. Maybe that was a mistake.

( It was short, anyway, and did me no harm. )

What I've Finished Reading

The Grand Sophy. I guess it was thoughtful of Georgette Heyer to concentrate all her anti-Semitism in a big ugly lump in the middle of the book, instead of just sprinkling it inextricably over everything? A book editor could easily just scoop it out and throw it away, and nothing of value would be lost. The vicious ( Read more... )