I recently confessed on Book Riot, that I might be the slightest bit irrational when it comes to the books of Elizabeth McCracken. I discovered Elizabeth McCracken in the mid-nineties about the same time I…
Posts tagged Elizabeth McCracken
The Giant’s House: A top-five all-time favorite ever
Even amongst voracious readers like us, there seems to be an air of decadence around re-reading books you’ve already read. How can you re-read something when there are so many books that you haven’t read…
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…
The best book I’ve read all year: An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
I’ve been trying to write about Elizabeth McCracken’s memoir An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination for three weeks. I’ve read it twice and I’m still having a hard time finding the words….
Book Links: Elizabeth McCracken is the new Chuck Klosterman (only she’s a good literary writer)
You can download Kelly Link’s short story collection Magic for Beginners FREE! I haven’t read the entire collection (it’s been sitting on my shelf for longer than I care to admit). However, her story “Stone…
What are books you think every woman should read?
Jezebel has posted a list of 75 books every woman should read. It’s a list compiled by Jezebel editors and readers. It’s response to Esquire’s 75 books every man should read. I think Jezebel did…
Book Links: the death of David Foster Wallace and other things that don’t seem as important now
RIP David Foster Wallace. (Also in the LA Times). The bloggers at Amazon’s Omnivoracious share some DFW memories. Buzzfeed gathers a bunch of a links including videos and his Kenyon University speech. Poe’s “The Raven,”…