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.

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.

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.

Wonder: Review Haiku

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

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

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.

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

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.

The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices: Review Haiku

Yet again, I realize
I made the wrong career choice.

Robots are cool.

The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices: How the Digital Magicians of the MIT Media Lab Are Creating the Innovative Technologies That Will Transform Our Lives by Frank Moss. Crown, 2011, 272 pages.

God, If You're Not Up There, I'm F*cked: Review Haiku

Good Lord. I had no
idea what was going on
behind the scenes. Damn.

God, If You're Not Up There, I'm F*cked: Tales of Stand-up, Saturday Night Live, and Other Mind-Altering Mayhem by Darrell Hammond. Harper, 2011, 288 pages.

If you need me, I'll be here.

http://www.ragnarrelay.com/race/capecod

Because I'm insane. Again.

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.

Bringing Up Bebe: Review Haiku

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

I'm just French!

Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman. Penguin, 2012, 304 pages.

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.

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.

Ali in Wonderland: Review Haiku

Behind the scenes of

one (well, two) quite public lives
that still feel normal.

Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales by Alexandra Wentworth. Harper, 2012, 272 pages.

Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Review Haiku

Straight, self-deprecating
talk from one not destined
to survive, maybe.

Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life by Sandra Beasley. Broadway, 2012, 240 pages.

Cold Cereal: Review Haiku

Starts off brilliantly
absurd, then veers into just
absurd. Still, fun ride.

Cold Cereal by Adam Rex. Balzer + Bray, 2012, 432 pages.

Hark! A Vagrant: Review Haiku

The closest thing to
Shakespeare I could find: smart stuff,

drawn for the masses.

Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton. Drawn & Quarterly, 2011, 160 pages.

P.S. Happy 448th, dude.

The Myth of Choice: Review Haiku

Just when you think you've
made the right decision, you're wrong.
This book shows why.

The Myth of Choice: Personal Responsibility in a World of Limits by Kent Greenfield. Yale UP, 2011, 256 pages.