Monthly Archives: August 2005

Event Mention

Anyone fans of Lydia Millet? She’s got 2 books out this year from Soft Skull Press, a great independent press: Everyone’s Pretty and Oh Pure and Radiant Heart. Both look extremely good and have made it to my TBR list (not much of a feat I agree, but I really want to read these). Read the CS Monitor’s review of Oh Pure and Radiant Heart, which they describe as “that rarest of finds: a compassionate satire, with a terrific premise and writing that’s so assured that readers should be lining up for admission to this dystopia.” And Ron pointed out this Newsday interview with her as well. Millet will be reading with Tennessee Jones and Maggie Nelson tomorrow night at Newtonville Books, another wonderful independent bookstore in the Boston area. So go check it out.

What’s on My Shelves?

I’m home sick today, bored. Thought it would be fun to take some pictures of my shelves, so y’all can see what I have. They are surprisingly organized now, which happened after we moved in April.

Here’s the nice bookcase:

This one is the first of the fiction cases:

This is the second fiction case:

And here is some of the Classics and Philosophy:

I still have a few unpacked boxes of books, but no room for to put them. Alas, bookcases cost so much! So, do you see anything interesting?

Mockingbird by Sean Stewart

I’ll admit that when I read the description of Mockingbird, I thought, ‘You’re shitting me’. But it was Gavin Grant himself who gave me the book when he and Kelly Link were reading at my store several months back. I think very highly of those two, so I knew he wouldn’t steer me wrong. In short, this book involves a vivacious Southern woman who also happens to be a seer and who has also recently passed away, leaving behind two grown daughters and a confused husband. The eldest daughter Toni, who is trying to sort out the mess her mother left behind and take care of her sister, inherits her mother’s ‘gift’. This sounds ludicrous I know. So just ignore what I am saying and read the book anyway because it’s fucking hilarious. Really, it is. I read it over the course of an evening and a morning, almost spraying Mr. Bookdwarf alternately with beer and with coffee, laughing at parts of this book.

Boston Globe Round-Up

There’s much to cheer about as well as much to lament in this past Sunday’s Book Review. On the one hand, we’ve got Gail Caldwell’s beautiful essay and some well-written reviews. On the other hand, most of the reviews of books that came out 3 or more months ago. I’ve included the pub date of each book after the title and author just so you don’t think I am crazy. So follow me after the jump…
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