Year in Reading
December 11, 2011
A Year in Reading: Emily M. Keeler 2
by Emily M. Keeler
I thought I hated it, and I went back to it, just to make sure. It’s actually really brilliant.
December 11, 2011
A Year in Reading: Mark O’Connell 7
by Mark O'Connell
His compassion and clarity are such that I often found myself thinking that if God existed and had sat down to write a novel, this is what it would look like.
December 10, 2011
A Year in Reading: Carolyn Kellogg 1
by Carolyn Kellogg
It’s really terrific. It’s even made me like John Wesley Harding’s music, after all.
December 10, 2011
A Year in Reading: Rosecrans Baldwin 7
by Rosecrans Baldwin
For the next two weeks, I only allowed myself an hour a day with Lonesome Dove, to prolong the satisfaction of reading it. One night I slept with it under my pillow. I scratched up the margins and read bits aloud.
December 10, 2011
A Year in Reading: Bill Morris 0
by Bill Morris
This year I read a book that was so good it gave me that sick-sweet feeling of envy-awe when I finished the last page. Damn, I thought, I wish I’d written that!
December 9, 2011
A Year in Reading: Chris Baio (Vampire Weekend) 2
by Chris Baio
My desire to finish Ronson’s gripping book without waking my cat and girlfriend outweighed the putrid stench of my terrible fetid lair. I felt like a psychopath! But I’m not one — I have a sense of humor and experience empathy.