#mini reviews
Restrictions have eased all around the place but it’s only a matter of time before shit hits the fan again and right now more and more people I know are now getting the “spicy cough” regardless of all their precautions. SO here’s another list of movies to consider for when (not if) you go into isolation…
I didn’t document what I read last year and now because of it I only remember a few things. When you’re used to lists, I guess it’s hard to give it up. This year, I’m not sure I’ll read 52 books, but at least this way I’ll have a record of what I read. Here it goes:
January 2012
1. The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern - Loved every single minute of it then told everyone I knew to check it out. I’ll be looking around town for a copy to keep to myself.
2. We the Animals - A thoughtful, well constructed, and meaningful story about growing up. Some of the best simple storytelling I’ve read in a long time.
3. Zone One - No. Just no. Did not like it. Not one bit.
4. Running Man by Stephen King - I read it for book club and as a group we gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars. Very “meh” about the whole thing.
5. The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard - A novel about the way we grow up; what we want, what we expect, what we dream. So well written and true to the kind of wanderings people don’t even know they have. It made up for Zone One andRunning Man tenfold.
6.The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes - Excellent, excellent, excellent. As soon as I was finished I wanted to start it over again. Thanks for the recommendation Dad and Bailey!
7.Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman - Still not sure exactly how I feel about this one. It’s from the perspective of an immigrant 7th grader in the London projects who is dealing with the hand he’s dealt. I wouldn’t say I lovedthe book, but it’s worth a read.
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