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Book report
May. 2nd, 2010 06:30 amThis was one of the best, overall batches I’ve read.
March by Gwendolyn Brooks – The author of “The Year of Wonders” has written another amazing novel. This novel is based on one of the characters from the classic “Little Women”, which I admit to never having read. (I plan to listen to it on audio book from my library). In “Little Women”, the father is away, helping the Union cause during the Civil War, so March decided to imagine what happens to him during the war. I won’t say more, other than that – just like “The Year of Wonders” – it’s a page-turner filled with great characters, robust writing. An all-around wonderful novel. Grade: A
Skipping Towards Gomorrah by Dan Savage – Savage has published three other books and I’ve read each of the others before. Whenever I do a review of one of his books, I usually say something like, ‘The guy’s a jerk and there’s a lot in here I disagree with, but he writes well and he has a lot of spot-on things to say, along with several laugh-out-loud moments’. I guess I feel the same about this one. Though maybe I’ve also gotten used to Savage’s style because for some reason, I saw him as less of an asshole while I was reading this one. So anyway, in this book, Savage decides to do his duty to refute the claims of the radical right by committing (and examining) each of the seven deadly sins. Also as with most of the author’s books, I couldn’t put it down. I looked forward to reading it. (And for that alone, I have to give it an A). Didn’t agree with everything Savage wrote – his views on the war in Iraq are mildly insane - but he made his arguments candidly and clearly, and was right on the money when showing the folly of the arguments made by Robert Bork, William Bennet, and Patrick Buchanan. Savage makes political and society theory fun and accessible. I hope he writes more soon. Grade: A
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March by Gwendolyn Brooks – The author of “The Year of Wonders” has written another amazing novel. This novel is based on one of the characters from the classic “Little Women”, which I admit to never having read. (I plan to listen to it on audio book from my library). In “Little Women”, the father is away, helping the Union cause during the Civil War, so March decided to imagine what happens to him during the war. I won’t say more, other than that – just like “The Year of Wonders” – it’s a page-turner filled with great characters, robust writing. An all-around wonderful novel. Grade: A
Skipping Towards Gomorrah by Dan Savage – Savage has published three other books and I’ve read each of the others before. Whenever I do a review of one of his books, I usually say something like, ‘The guy’s a jerk and there’s a lot in here I disagree with, but he writes well and he has a lot of spot-on things to say, along with several laugh-out-loud moments’. I guess I feel the same about this one. Though maybe I’ve also gotten used to Savage’s style because for some reason, I saw him as less of an asshole while I was reading this one. So anyway, in this book, Savage decides to do his duty to refute the claims of the radical right by committing (and examining) each of the seven deadly sins. Also as with most of the author’s books, I couldn’t put it down. I looked forward to reading it. (And for that alone, I have to give it an A). Didn’t agree with everything Savage wrote – his views on the war in Iraq are mildly insane - but he made his arguments candidly and clearly, and was right on the money when showing the folly of the arguments made by Robert Bork, William Bennet, and Patrick Buchanan. Savage makes political and society theory fun and accessible. I hope he writes more soon. Grade: A
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