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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

by Milan Kundera, Michael Henry Heim
- Rated 5 stars
“Kundera uses his usual media (love, sex, loss) to get at his usual, existential points but does so much more effectively than in the other books of his I've read. It is tough to explain or review a philosophical piece so I'll just say that if you like Kundera, you'll like this book.”

Brittany B wrote this review Sunday, February 3 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Slowness: A Novel

by Milan Kundera, Linda Asher
- Rated 3 stars
“After finishing this book I find myself thinking back often on the scene near the end where the past an present collide and are disinterested in one another for different reasons. We all have something to learn from the past, young people, awkward situations. The book passed at a clipped pace, leaving me behind in its venereal dust.”

Brittany B wrote this review Friday, January 18 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Lolita

by Vladimir Nabokov
- Rated 5 stars
“Luscious, disturbing, and indulgent. One of my favorite novels ever. Although, many different interpretations might reject the book as pedophilia.”

Brittany B wrote this review Friday, January 18 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes

by Sharon Lamb
- Rated 3 stars
“Written by two developmental psychologists from the (predominantly) white, middle-class Northeast. Despite their best attempts to address the issues of diverse girls, the book is geared towards middle- and upper-middle-class girls and the cultural pressures they face when shaping their girlhood. Not eloquently written, but it certainly does make one think about gender issues in our society and has made me more conscious of the influence of marketing. Overall, it brings up some interesting points for a fairly limited audience.”

Brittany B wrote this review Wednesday, January 2 2008. ( reply | permalink )
The Tipping Point

by Malcolm Gladwell
- Rated 2 stars
“Interesting (but not at all new) concept. It gets a two because - I. Hate. Business. Jargon.”

Brittany B wrote this review Wednesday, December 19 2007. ( reply | permalink )
A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond

by Jim Whittaker
- Rated 4 stars
“Humbly-written account of Jim Whittaker's exceptional adventures - both in the hills and out.”

Brittany B wrote this review Tuesday, November 13 2007. ( reply | permalink )
A War of Witches: A Journey into the Underworld of the Contemporary Aztecs

by T. J. Knab
- Rated 5 stars
“Dense and analytical. Entranced me from beginning to end. This was actually assigned reading in a Cultural Anthropology course a while back.

Participant observation doesn't get much better than this.”

Brittany B wrote this review Friday, November 9 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Snowshoe Routes Washington

by Dan A. Nelson
- Rated 0 stars
“Testing it out this season so I'll let you know!”

Brittany B wrote this review Friday, November 9 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Tongass: Pulp Politics And The Fight For The Alaska Rain Forest

by Kathie Durbin
- Rated 5 stars
“Journalism as it should be practiced. If you're an environmentalist, this book will rile you up and make you fact-check and obsessively research the subject for months. If you don't care about nature, I hope it does the same.”

Brittany B wrote this review Friday, November 9 2007. ( reply | permalink )
The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger
- Rated 3 stars
“Although the first paragraph is the best, the rest of the novel is alright, too. It drags on a bit and some of the relationships seem unrealistic, contrived, unbelievable, and artificial. [br/][br/]On the positive side, this is a nice book to read on an airplane or any other time that the brain is deprived of oxygen and needs something easy to digest. At turns, witty, well-written, and materialistic.”

Brittany B wrote this review Saturday, November 10 2007. ( reply | permalink )