Reading Revolutionary Road and am almost done. I picked it up in an airport after reading bad_missy's post about it. I have not seen the movie, but I would agree that if the film does not go into the subtle and not so subtle ways that Frank tries to destabilize his wife, then it is missing part of the impact of the novel. Strangely I have been reading a ( Read more... )

Finished The Dream at the End of the World - thought Jane Bowles was rather shabbily treated (unlike the author) and that perhaps I am the only one who thinks Allen Ginsburg is rather a drama-queen babyhead?

Boomsday was by the man who wrote Thank you for Not Smoking Fluffy, but tasty. Loved the Ayn Rand jokes and thought the female protagonist ( Read more... )

Harry Potter release party at local independent bookstore tomorrow night ( Read more... )

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Djuna - how can a writer be completely unreadable AND a "genius" at the same time? Ask T.S. Eliot, who seems to think that Djuna Barnes was both. He should talk, no?

Highsmith: A Romance of the 1950's by Vin Packer, aka Ann Aldrich, aka M.E. Kerr, aka Marijane Meaker. This book sucked me in with the first chapter and it's description of ( Read more... )