Books of the Week

JOHANNES CABAL THE NECROMANCER – Jonathan L. Howard

Gore and greasepaint a clever little morality tale do make.

 

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MY LIFE AS A MAN – Philip Roth

Epic domestic discord. Wild husband abuse. Fiction within fiction.

 

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THIS SIDE OF PARADISE – F. Scott Fitzgerald

You can smell the booze oozing out of its pages.

 

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SONS AND LOVERS – D. H. Lawrence

Lots of artistic narcissism, Victorian sex and creepy motherlove.

 

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LONDON MINI A-Z STREET ATLAS

In the days before the iPhone, everyone in London carried an “A to Z.” I can’t live without mine. xx Anna

 

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THE SELECTED WORKS OF T. S. SPIVET – Reif Larsen

I loved this book, and not just for the visual diagrams and the plot twists. Plus Reif went to my high school. xx Anna

 

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AMERICAN PASTORAL – Philip Roth

“There is no protest to be lodged against loneliness—not all the bombing campaigns in history have made a dent in it.”

 

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ELLIOTT SMITH – Autumn de Wilde (photos)

 

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WHERE I’M CALLING FROM – Raymond Carver

That voice. Those portraits.

 

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DROWN – Junot Díaz

I wish he’d write another book already. xx Anna

 

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MIDDLESEX – Jeffrey Eugenides

Literary crack.

 

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WHITE NOISE – Don DeLillo

More relevant than ever. Toyota Corolla. Toyota Corolla. Toyota Corolla.

 

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THE CRYING OF LOT 49 – Thomas Pynchon

Diagram the first sentence. I dare you. xx Anna

 

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE – Marice Sendak

I could read this again and again, even now. xx Anna

 

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THE SMARTEST KID ON EARTH – Jimmy Corrigan

The apex of graphic novelry. Total nerd-fare.

 

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THE COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

These stories never get old.

 

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MRS. DALLOWAY – Virginia Woolf

CInematic. Heartbreaking. Way ahead of its time. xx Anna

 

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THE SOUND AND THE FURY – William Faulkner

A classic.

 

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SHOPGIRL – Steve Martin

quick little read. so very LA. so very human. only slightly creepy. xx Anna

 

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HOW TO COOK EVERYTHING – Mark Bittman

Can’t cook? This book’ll almost stir the pot for you. xx Anna

 

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