The Accidental Billionaires: Review Haiku

A whole lotta drama
just to bring us Mafia
Wars and Farmville.

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook -- A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich. Doubleday, 2009, 260 pages.

P.S. Could someone pls copyedit this book? And could someone from Harvard pls read it?

• Page 15: Mark lives in Eliot. Page 17: Mark lives in Kirkland. (Hint: They are not the same house.)
• Page 64: If you are standing on the Widener steps, you can't "just make out the peak of Memorial Church in the distance," because it is RIGHT IN FRAKKING FRONT OF YOU.
• Page 80: Aaron Greenspan becomes Aaron Grossman within two LINES of each other, then reverts to Aaron Greenspan on the following page.
• Page 115: There are no "three-one"s at the law school; there are only "3L"s. (As in "Law," get it?)

GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH.

Marriage and Other Acts of Charity

Dear Kate: Please be my
a) mom; b) sister; c) friend;
d) wife. Circle one.

Marriage and Other Acts of Charity by Kate Braestrup. Little Brown, 2010, 224 pages.

Cleaving: Review Haiku

I'm sorry, I just
cannot get past adultery.
I'm harsh like that.

Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession by Julie Powell. Little Brown, 2009, 307 pages.

And NOW back to your regularly scheduled Cybilly hiatus.

I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Review Haiku

Gotta love a book
that makes review haikus seem
rather excessive.

I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous and Obscure by SMITH Magazine (editor). Harper, 2009, 192 pages.

And now back to your regularly-scheduled Cybilly hiatus.

Cybilly hiatus

I'm in the middle of Cybils Round Two judging, and since we're not allowed to blog about the books until the winners are announced on February 14, I expect to be on a bit of a hiatus for a while. Could be a couple days, could be a couple weeks. Stay tuned.

Operation Yes: Review Haiku

Two parts DEAD POETS'
SOCIETY to one part

Air Force recruit film.

Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Holmes. Levine/Scholastic, 2009, 256 pages.

Liar: Review Haiku

I still can't figure
out what's true and what's a lie.
I just know I'm scared.

Liar by Justine Larbalestier. Bloomsbury, 2009, 376 pages.