5.30.2012

Imagine: Review Haiku

Pop neuroscience
lets your inner daydreaming
grade-school freak flag fly.

Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer. HMH, 2012, 304 pages.

The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Review Haiku

Perfect airplane reading,
if you don't mind your seatmate
hearing you snort.

The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death by Laurie Notaro. Villard, 2009, 218 pages.

5.28.2012

The Lifespan of a Fact: Review Haiku

Fascinating, yes;
but mostly, TOTALLY
HORRIFYING. Ye gods.

The Lifespan of a Fact by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal. Norton, 2012, 128 pages.

5.25.2012

Caddy's World: Review Haiku

I can never decide
whether I want to be
a Casson or not.

Caddy's World by Hilary McKay. McElderry/Atheneum, 2012, 272 pages.

5.23.2012

Wonder: Review Haiku

Geez -- way to stack the
Newbery deck, first-timer.
Amazingly good.

Wonder by R. J. Palacio. Knopf, 2012, 320 pages.

5.21.2012

Some Assembly Required: Review Haiku


I wanted to love this,
but the self-indulgence
kinda drove me nuts.

Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son by Anne Lamott and Sam Lamott. Riverhead, 2012, 288 pages.

5.20.2012

Happy birthday to ME

Arthur:Old woman!
Dennis:Man!
Arthur:Man. Sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
Dennis:I'm thirty-seven.
Arthur:I-- what?
Dennis:I'm thirty-seven. I'm not old.
Arthur:Well, I can't just call you 'Man'.
Dennis:Well, you could say 'Dennis'.
Arthur:Well, I didn't know you were called 'Dennis'.
Dennis:Well, you didn't bother to find out, did you?

from
http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/finalripoff.htm#Peasant


P.S. OMG IT'S MY ONE THOUSANDTH POST

5.18.2012

Enchantment: Review Haiku


Compelling message
made less palatable by
insuff'rable author.

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions by Guy Kawasaki. Portfolio, 2011, 240 pages.

5.09.2012

Inside Out and Back Again: Review Haiku


Searing, spare account
of lives lost and found and lost
and found all over.

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Harper, 2011, 272 pages.

5.07.2012

Bringing Up Bebe: Review Haiku


Well, whaddya know.
I'm not slagass or disconnected --
I'm just French!


5.04.2012

Blood, Bones, and Butter: Review Haiku


Slow-starting and hard
for a bad eater to embrace,
but worth the read.

Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton. Random, 2012, 320 pages.

5.02.2012

Where She Went: Review Haiku


Heartbreaking. I mean,
what else is there to say?
Love, unfinished, always.

Where She Went by Gayle Forman. Dutton, 2011, 208 pages.