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limpet55

limpet55

I'm too old for drugs or booze and need a constant stream of good books to keep reality at bay. Your help is appreciated.
  • member since March 15 2007

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  • The Water's Lovely

    The Water's Lovely

    by Ruth Rendell
    • Rated 0 stars

    “I just ordered this and can't wait. I've read all her books and from the reviews I've read, this promises to be a good one....not that the author has written any bad ones....she just doesn't quit. I love her darkness and the fact that she once said she'd like to "strangle Agatha Christie with her own knitting, " (or words to that effect). ”

    limpet55 wrote this review Friday, July 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • God Is Not Great
    • Rated 0 stars

    “Read it! Hitchens is right about everything and you don't have to parse the prose to know that....we all know it on one level or another.

    And I don't think his task is so gargantuan....it's very small really, and very simple. It's only that he's been kind enough to offer some explanations.

    And no, we don't deserve comfort. ”

    limpet55 wrote this review Tuesday, May 29 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Yiddish Policemen's Union
    • Rated 0 stars

    “I love Michael Chabon.....but I'm a little disappointed in this book. The detective story doesn't seem worthy of the world he's created. Chabon's is pretty good at being hard boiled, but I just think he's a much better writer, and compared to his other books, this seems a little thin. I wanted to know more about Mendel, hear more about his Sitka.....The ending is a little messy, too.”

    limpet55 wrote this review Friday, May 25 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Me Talk Pretty One Day
    • Rated 0 stars

    “I'm pretty sure this is nonfiction.”

    limpet55 wrote this review Thursday, April 12 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Anna Karenina
    • Rated 0 stars

    “This is seriously my favorite book of all time, though Oprah putting it on her hit list made we waver just a little. When I was younger I thought Tolstoy was pretty close to God to understand humans so completely... I've never read anything that came close to describing characters...."describing" is a poor word: "scultping" is more apt.

    Oh, and I finally made it to Russia too...and took the train from Petersburg to Moscow. I was hysterical for the entire ride.”

    limpet55 wrote this review Tuesday, April 3 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics
    • Rated 0 stars

    “it stinks. it's like she wrote down every bit of cleverness that happened her way for a few years until she had some vacation time, when, she smashed them all together into a book. Exhausting.”

    limpet55 wrote this review Sunday, March 18 2007. ( reply | permalink )

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