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Just because.
Oct. 30th, 2005 11:36 pmI read some books I liked, so I decided to copy Bez's 30 book reviews thing. It may take me longer than it will him...
1. Fight Club. Chuck Pahlaniuk.
...is like the king hit, is like getting punched, and falling unconscious, and it's a different person that stands up to the one who was knocked down. I'm so very glad I finally read this.
2.The Body Artist by Don Delillo.
The first chapter of this book is two people having breakfast. The significance of every piece of minutiae is expertly teased out in exquisite sentences, so much so that I'm almost disappointed to find that stuff actually happens in the rest of the book. Not much stuff, but stuff. It's a story about grief, and the quote on the cover of my copy calls it a ghost story, but that's mostly ambiguous.
3.We Did Nothing by Linda Polman.
A Dutch journalist's account of her experience accompanying U.N. peacekeeping missions in Somalia, Haiti, and Rwanda. The book is mainly eyewitness experience, but doesn't lack for a political context. Rather it shows the direct effects of powerful countries' indifference and blamethrowing. There are some horribly Catch-22 moments, which made me laugh. And there are some horrible moments, that made me cry. And I rarely do that. I recommend this book to everyone.
1. Fight Club. Chuck Pahlaniuk.
...is like the king hit, is like getting punched, and falling unconscious, and it's a different person that stands up to the one who was knocked down. I'm so very glad I finally read this.
2.The Body Artist by Don Delillo.
The first chapter of this book is two people having breakfast. The significance of every piece of minutiae is expertly teased out in exquisite sentences, so much so that I'm almost disappointed to find that stuff actually happens in the rest of the book. Not much stuff, but stuff. It's a story about grief, and the quote on the cover of my copy calls it a ghost story, but that's mostly ambiguous.
3.We Did Nothing by Linda Polman.
A Dutch journalist's account of her experience accompanying U.N. peacekeeping missions in Somalia, Haiti, and Rwanda. The book is mainly eyewitness experience, but doesn't lack for a political context. Rather it shows the direct effects of powerful countries' indifference and blamethrowing. There are some horribly Catch-22 moments, which made me laugh. And there are some horrible moments, that made me cry. And I rarely do that. I recommend this book to everyone.
