This year I read twenty books that earned my coveted 5-star rating. Here, in no particular order, are?the ten I feel were the best of those twenty. 1. In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto…
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Christa’s top 10 of 2009
In no specific order: In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami: Kenji is a young guide who takes tourists through Tokyo’s seedy underground. It’s an illegal job that brings him into contact with the seemingly…
Feeling the burn
Just five of the many things I loved about The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, which was amazing: 1. The novel opens with the most graphic car accident scene that I have ever read in my…
The Gargoyle
Andrew Davidson's The Gargoyle is one of those books that has something for most every reader. This also makes it difficult to write about because there is so much that can be said regarding its…
The 10 Best Books I Read in 2008
1. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken:This was the best book I read all year. No hemming, no hawing, no second guessing — the best. McCracken’s memoir about giving…
The Gargoyle is the new Time Traveler’s Wife (that’s a good thing)
Andrew Davidson’s debut novel The Gargoyle, is the kind of book that gives me nextbookaphobia. This is a condition marked by great fear of starting a new book because there is no way that it…
Book Links: A new story by Lorrie Moore, Keillor on Palin, and more
Holy cannoli! The Guardian has new short story by Lorrie Moore called “Foes” that you can read right online. [via] MNSpeak’s bookclub has chosen Charles Schulz books for their December discussion. Personally, I recommend David…