3.30.2012

The Family Fang: Review Haiku


Anytime I feel
like I'm a bad mother, I'll
just re-read this book.

The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson. Ecco, 2011, 320 pages.

3.28.2012

The Flint Heart: Review Haiku


A little crazypants,
but she's the National
Ambassador, y'all.

The Flint Heart by Katherine & John Paterson. Candlewick, 2011, 304 pages.

3.26.2012

3.23.2012

There Is No Dog: Review Haiku


Take one Joan Osbourne
song; add the awesomesauce of
Meg Rosoff; stir. Squeeeeee.

There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff. Putnam, 2012, 256 pages.

3.21.2012

The Detention Club: Review Haiku


Convoluted story
full of comma splices.
Try Scieszka instead.

The Detention Club by David Yoo. Balzer + Bray, 2011, 299 pages.

3.19.2012

The Optimism Bias: Review Haiku


Repetitive,
fascinating look at our
inner Pollyannas.

The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain by Tali Sharot. Pantheon, 2011, 272 pages.

3.16.2012

The Canterbury Tales: Review Haiku


I had totally
forgotten how random, weird,
and dirty these were.

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, adapted by Seymour Chwast. Bloomsbury, 2011, 144 pages.

3.14.2012

The Forgotten Affairs of Youth: Review Haiku


Isabel thinks deep
thoughts again. (Who will
punch Cat in the face for me?)

The Forgotten Affairs of Youth by Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon, 2011, 272 pages.

3.09.2012

Popularity Papers #3: Review Haiku


It's cringy because it's real,
and real because it's cringy.
Well played, girls.


3.05.2012

The Fourth Stall: Review Haiku


Dude, it's The Godfather
in middle school. What more
do you need to know?

The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander. Walden Pond Press, 2011, 336 pages.

3.02.2012

The Influencing Machine: Review Haiku


Brilliant, clear-eyed look
at the state of media
and how we got here.

The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media by Brooke Gladstone. Norton, 2011, 192 pages.