This Golden Wonderland Eats Jordan
Apr. 14th, 2005 01:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maribouThis Side Jordan, by Margaret Laurence
Her use of interior monologues in this one is a bit shaky, and it's not her best work, any more than A Bird in the House was, but I still liked it. The characters were interesting.
(68/200)
Golden Years, by Andrew Greeley
Enh, as much as I love Fr. Greeley's books and did enjoy this latest O'Malley Family novel, I wouldn't call it his best work. The Rosemarie voice didn't get convincing until several chapters in... and there were some other problems. I think it could've stood more editing. But it still made me laugh out loud a few times, touched me in its dealings with death, and I had trouble putting it down.
(69/200)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves, by Lynne Truss
Hmm. I'm not sure what I thought of this one. I had fun reading it, but was sort of disappointed by it at the same time. Some of the bits were a lot stronger than others of the bits, you know? I enjoyed the history a lot, but was embarrassed by some of the errors I caught (not punctuation errors, factual errors). But at the same time it was amusing and interesting and passed the evening delightfully. Not sure about it, really. Charming attitude, occasionally sloppy execution? Something like that.
(70/200)
Wonderland, by Michael Bamberger
Guy writes about a year in a high school from the point of view of a middle-aged journalist. Breezy non-self-aggrandizing style made this a very pleasant and engaging read. Manages to be simultaneously riveting and undemanding, and left me feeling fond of its multiple protagonists. (I also think it's telling that unlike other books I've read in this genre, there are no infuriated amazon reviews explaining how the author completely twisted everything that happened to suit his/her own story-telling purposes.)
(71/200)
Her use of interior monologues in this one is a bit shaky, and it's not her best work, any more than A Bird in the House was, but I still liked it. The characters were interesting.
(68/200)
Golden Years, by Andrew Greeley
Enh, as much as I love Fr. Greeley's books and did enjoy this latest O'Malley Family novel, I wouldn't call it his best work. The Rosemarie voice didn't get convincing until several chapters in... and there were some other problems. I think it could've stood more editing. But it still made me laugh out loud a few times, touched me in its dealings with death, and I had trouble putting it down.
(69/200)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves, by Lynne Truss
Hmm. I'm not sure what I thought of this one. I had fun reading it, but was sort of disappointed by it at the same time. Some of the bits were a lot stronger than others of the bits, you know? I enjoyed the history a lot, but was embarrassed by some of the errors I caught (not punctuation errors, factual errors). But at the same time it was amusing and interesting and passed the evening delightfully. Not sure about it, really. Charming attitude, occasionally sloppy execution? Something like that.
(70/200)
Wonderland, by Michael Bamberger
Guy writes about a year in a high school from the point of view of a middle-aged journalist. Breezy non-self-aggrandizing style made this a very pleasant and engaging read. Manages to be simultaneously riveting and undemanding, and left me feeling fond of its multiple protagonists. (I also think it's telling that unlike other books I've read in this genre, there are no infuriated amazon reviews explaining how the author completely twisted everything that happened to suit his/her own story-telling purposes.)
(71/200)
