I once read a review of a movie version of Anna Karenina that compared viewing the film to “watching beautiful animals moving behind thickly frosted glass.” At the time I wasn't sure what that meant, but now, after reading Tobias Wolff's In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, I think I have a better [...]
The Strib’s new Book Editor Laurie Hertzel introduces herself to readers. The Internet Writing Journal complies a list of the the best author blogs. {via} This week’s New Yorker features “Awake” a story by Tobias Wolff that I haven’t read yet, however I did make the mistake of reading the Joshua Ferris one from last [...]
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by Jodi Chromey
I’m not going to read the Strib’s review of David Carr’s The Night of the Gun, because I’m currently reading the book and really enjoying it. Sometimes I think if I read reviews they influence how I perceive the book. I like to come up with own ideas first and then see how right or [...]
