It seems most of the MN Reads’ writers are on vacation. And I’m in the middle of about four books. So instead of a review, I’m going to ask you to help settle a raging debate. Last week at Grumpy’s, a few of my classmates from The Loft’s Short-Short Fiction class were celebrating the our [...]
Congratulations to the winners in our MN Reads’ 2nd Anniversary giveaway! Thanks to Random.org these people were selected: Grand Prize (Books, Buttons & a Replacement Press T-shirt) #2 Beth First Prize (Books & Buttons) #8 Melissa Button Winners #9 Jordan #21 Erin #18 N. Jeanne Burns #25 John Vollaro #19 Serena Asta #6 Amy I’ve [...]
I need to you to journey back in time with me. Back to the place before my brain was infected with Scott Pilgrim and when Ariel Schrag was the queen of my graphic novel universe. Remember that? Those were good times. But then my universe came crashing down when I embarked on reading Likewise the [...]
Even if you don’t want free books by Peter Bognanni, John Jodizo, Wendy Webb, and Linda LeGarde Grover, you should head over to our 2nd Anniversary giveaway to see what other MN Reads’ Readers are claiming as their favorite books of the year so far. While there you might as well enter the contest. We’re [...]
I just blah-blah-blahed through an anniversary post and it probably looked like I forgot to mention the MN Reads readers (how’s that for awkward?). . . not true! Of course we love (and I speak for everyone who participates here) all the people who take time out of their lives to read MN Reads. And [...]
Today marks the 2nd Anniversary of Minnesota Reads. Yippee! Later I’ll post about a giveaway we’re having to celebrate our anniversary later but right now I want to say a few things. Since 2008 we’ve posted 482 book reviews. Not too shabby, considering every day someone is pronouncing the novel/short story/reading/books dead. Plus, in a [...]
I’m thinking about joining the ranks of those boring, jackassy literary pundits who warn about the impending death of something: publishing, the novel, the short story, the traditional book, and everything else you love hold dear. What am I declaring the death of? Story. Or at least good, engaging stories. Off the top of my [...]
It’s never a good sign when it takes you months and months to read a book. It’s an even worse sign when that book is a graphic novel. But it took me roughly three months to claw my way through Nate Powell’s Swallow Me Whole. This book was lauded by most everyone who wrote about [...]
I was so excited to read Scott Pilgirm’s Finest Hour, the sixth and final volume in the series, that even though I had ordered it for ridiculously cheap, the moment I got near Big Brain Comics last Tuesday I caved and bought another copy. There was no way in hell I was going to be [...]
It’s impossible to review Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique in 2010. I’ve been trying to come up with the words for weeks now. Women have gotten PhDs dissecting this book, what it meant to women in 1963, and the repercussions of its publication. I cannot measure its goodness or badness in a few pithy sentences. [...]
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