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Got bit by the graphic novel bug, and read A Contract with God. RA result: a classic and a necessity for anyone interested in a primer on graphic novels. Also a good source for those seeking a visual experience regarding Judaism in America in the early to mid-20th century.

Got bit by the graphic novel bug, and read A Contract with God. RA result: a classic and a necessity for anyone interested in a primer on graphic novels. Also a good source for those seeking a visual experience regarding Judaism in America in the early to mid-20th century.

Went on vacation, read a few books. This Is How You Lose Her was one of them. RA result: I really enjoy Junot Diaz anyway, but for anyone who doesn’t, this is probably his most accessible work so far. Short stories, well intertwined, about the loss of love and its progress. Anyone who has ever loved and lost, whether on purpose or not, will appreciate this.

Went on vacation, read a few books. This Is How You Lose Her was one of them. RA result: I really enjoy Junot Diaz anyway, but for anyone who doesn’t, this is probably his most accessible work so far. Short stories, well intertwined, about the loss of love and its progress. Anyone who has ever loved and lost, whether on purpose or not, will appreciate this.

bookfessions: Credit: purifiedsunshine As a library employee, I’d like to say that we don’t care, just return your shit so someone else can read it. You do no one else a service by never returning it, but late fees? Whatever, I have them too.

bookfessions:

Credit: purifiedsunshine

As a library employee, I’d like to say that we don’t care, just return your shit so someone else can read it. You do no one else a service by never returning it, but late fees? Whatever, I have them too.

Read Mortality, for the love of Hitch. RA result: though this is nonfiction, I would think anyone with a soft spot for Christopher Hitchens will appreciate this slender piece on death and dying as an atheist. Probably not for those seeking a feel good piece on being saved.

Read Mortality, for the love of Hitch. RA result: though this is nonfiction, I would think anyone with a soft spot for Christopher Hitchens will appreciate this slender piece on death and dying as an atheist. Probably not for those seeking a feel good piece on being saved.

Also recently wrapped up NW, which I anxiously awaited. RA result: Smith spends more time fussing with experimental format than cutting to the heart of characters in her brilliant way, but the four lead horses do their best to shine through the lists and abnormal quotations anyway. Recommend On Beauty; this is not Smith’s most accessible work.

Also recently wrapped up NW, which I anxiously awaited. RA result: Smith spends more time fussing with experimental format than cutting to the heart of characters in her brilliant way, but the four lead horses do their best to shine through the lists and abnormal quotations anyway. Recommend On Beauty; this is not Smith’s most accessible work.

Finished The Paris Wife in four days, thanks to a coworker having to back out of a book discussion at the last moment. RA result: a mild, inoffensive novel about Hemingway’s first wife. Great for those interested in historical fiction or literary giants of the 1920s, and a great insight of Hemingway himself. Read with A Moveable Feast, when Hadley was still with Hemingway, or The Sun Also Rises, which lives in the book.

Finished The Paris Wife in four days, thanks to a coworker having to back out of a book discussion at the last moment. RA result: a mild, inoffensive novel about Hemingway’s first wife. Great for those interested in historical fiction or literary giants of the 1920s, and a great insight of Hemingway himself. Read with A Moveable Feast, when Hadley was still with Hemingway, or The Sun Also Rises, which lives in the book.

Oh Bernadette, Bernadette, where did you go? RA result: witty, smart, fast-paced and creative. Where’d You Go, Bernadette is an immensely enjoyable novel, to be appreciated by anyone with a sense of humor and a sense of the bourgeoisie.

Oh Bernadette, Bernadette, where did you go? RA result: witty, smart, fast-paced and creative. Where’d You Go, Bernadette is an immensely enjoyable novel, to be appreciated by anyone with a sense of humor and a sense of the bourgeoisie.