Books I've read in 2003
Submitted by billturner on Fri, 06/20/2003 - 12:38
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- The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, by Philip K. Dick
- Summerland, by Michael Chabon
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce
- Shopgirl: A Novella, by Steve Martin
- Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, by Cory Doctorow
- Foundation, by Isaac Asimov
- Holes, by Louis Sachar
- Everything Is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer
- The Restraint of Beasts, by Magnus Mills
- A Massive Swelling, by Cintra Wilson
- Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson
- Palestine (Graphic Novel), by Joe Sacco
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, by Raymond Carver
- The Baron in the Trees, by Italo Calvino
- The Virgin Suicides, by Jeffrey Eugenides
- The Simulacra, by Philip K. Dick
- David Boring (Graphic Novel), by Dan Clowes
- Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
- Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
- The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald Norman
- Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino
- On Writing, by Stephen King
- The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner
- The Story of Your Life and Other Stories, by Ted Chiang
- A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Trout Fishing in America, by Richard Brautigan
- All Quiet on the Orient Express, by Magnus Mills
- A Noble Radiance, by Donna Leon
Author Comments:
Books in bold are ones I especially enjoyed.
Ah, A Massive Swelling, I loved that book. I found it when I read one of Wilson's Oscar diatribes, I think it was the 2001 one, where she described Tom Cruise as some kind of perfection-pursuing Terminator, along with all kinds of other great stuff.
No comment.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs (=the grouch=)
:-) Ah well, you win some, you lose some...
;) My wife bought it, and I confess I've only read chunks of it. If my memory serves me well (it usually doesn't), she enjoyed it, so it may just be me.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
How was "Shopgirl"? Was it infused with the regular brand of Steve Martin humor, or was it Steve trying to be serious? I was thinking about reading it because I'm a big Steve Martin fan, but after reading the descriptions I wasn't too sure.
Here's my one sentence review: Actors shouldn't be given book contracts, especially not for fiction.
No, the Steve Martin humor wasn't there. It's not really a funny book either, but it's not meant to be. How Steve Martin thinks he can get into the mind of a Macy's department salesgirl is beyond me. However, it is a quick read, and I'm sure you can find it on the remainder shelves at just about any bookstore for cheap.