11.16.2009

The Miles Between: Review Haiku


From the Calder Game
school of coincidences,
a road trip writ large.


The Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson. Holt, 2009, 272 pages.


P.S. Really? This is the final jacket? Bleah.

11.13.2009

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Practicing the Piano: Review Haiku


Can be tiresome in
a way Clementine never
is, but still a hoot.



11.11.2009

T-Minus: Review Haiku

You think you know the
story (and you do), but this
is still a stunner.

T-Minus: The Race to the Moon by Jim Ottaviani, Kevin Cannon, and Zander Cannon. S&S/Aladdin, 2009, 124 pages.

11.09.2009

The Lost Art of Gratitude: Review Haiku


The egghead-y-est
busybody in Edinburgh
strikes again.


The Lost Art of Gratitude (An Isabel Dalhousie novel) by Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon, 2009, 262 pages.

11.06.2009

Max Quigley: Review Haiku


Sociological
value, I'm sure, but I
just didn't like him.


Max Quigley: (Technically) Not a Bully by James Roy. HMCo, 2009, 202 pages.

11.04.2009

Pilgrims: Review Haiku


Good, but I really
don't need to read sex scenes by
Garrison Keillor.


Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance by Garrison Keillor. Viking, 2009, 297 pages.

11.02.2009

Going Away Shoes: Review Haiku


Small-town women trapped
in various boxes try
to escape, but don't.


Going Away Shoes: Stories by Jill McCorkle. Algonquin, 2009, 272 pages.