It’s not evil to describe a flaccid penis – The Gathering by Anne Enright
The narrator is Veronica. She is middle-aged, married, with kids, and says penis a lot. I wouldn’t have noticed the last detail had I not been…
Read articleIn the countercurrents of the Pacific – Life of Pi by Yann Martel
I am currently reading this with two friends, LS and Maria. We are now halfway through it, at least I am, and I’ll just post my…
Read articleThe Font, the Font – The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
Staring at the font size of my edition intimidates me. Sure, I’ve read the gigantic 2666 months ago, but somehow, I was more frightened at the…
Read articleProzac Nation – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Not really Prozac, but Soma. Not exactly an anti-depressant, but a drug for instant gratification. This is a novel about a society peopled with drugged and…
Read articleDon’t ask why – Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion
People ask Maria, Mar-eye-ah, what makes Iago evil. She doesn’t know, because she never asks. That is sort of paraphrasing the first line of this novel.…
Read articleThe Undercover Women
I can’t remember the last time I bought a book at a regular book store, not counting the time I bought books for the nonprofit organization…
Read articleI need a ride – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
I just don’t dig this. I don’t get where the craze is coming from. This book has a high average rating, but I think I am…
Read articlePretty little literary liar – Atonement by Ian McEwan
This is the first book of the month that I read back when I was still a newbie at our book group. I am not sure…
Read articleJoining The Classics Club
Most people think that I am a huge classics reader when in fact, I haven’t read a lot of hardcore classics. Sure, I’ve been reading literary…
Read articleWhere’s the smut in this? – The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
I’ve seen the film adaptation of this novel by accident. So why am I reading this? Of course, the book is always superior to the film…
Read articleI don’t think I know what books to buy
Here’s a round-up of my Book Sale tours for the first dozen days of March. March 6, 2012: Book Sale – Alphaland South Gate Mall Love…
Read articleJesus Christ is just another man – The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago
A retelling of Jesus Christ’s life not as the holiest man in the universe but as a man, an everyday man, who is reluctant to take…
Read articleTFG’s Book of the Month for February – The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
It’s most probable that the attendees overthought and overanalyzed this short book. Yes, anybody can read The Little Prince in one sitting. In fact, it’s so…
Read articleAn artist, an escape artist, a comic book artist – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
This is cool. This is sheer nerdiness. This is about comic books! Are you expecting the cynical me to diss this art form? Of course not,…
Read articleA bookish book – The Book Group Book by Ellen Slezak
Several years ago I sat in a café with a friend. “The people I work with think Kierkegaard is a comic strip character,” she complained. “If…
Read articleThere isn’t always a reason behind the things that we do – The Stranger by Albert Camus
I seriously don’t know what to say about this book, so this is going to be one of those nonreviews where I babble incoherent stuff that…
Read articleBooks To Read: March 2012
March! The last month of the first quarter. And a new set of reading plan. Okay, now I really, really have to follow this reading plan.…
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