Lost: A Novel, Gregory Maguire
It's a bit sad; i haven't enjoyed anything by Maguire as much as i enjoyed
Wicked, so even with a good read, i am left feeling a little disappointed. I liked
Lost better than
Tales, but it still seemed to be reaching for the magic, a bit.
Lost is more of a melting-pot than his other novels, and i love the fact that our heroine is a jumbled-up-author-girl. The story just doesn't quite hang together convincingly, overall. I bought this remaindered for a few dollars, and it was worth that. I wouldn't recommend paying full-price for a hardcover or trade paperback, though. Definitely worth a discounted purchase, a library visit, or a loan, though.
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Best Food Writing 2002, Holly Hughes
A collection of essays and chapters from food writing from 2002. Duh.
Some of the pieces made me tear up a bit, i confess. (Odd for food writing, yeah - but you go read
Dinner with Moth and tell me it doesn't move you.) I confess that i want to become a Gastronaut, and
Tales of a Frisco Kid made me want to subscribe to
Gourmet (which is a magazine i often pick up, and decide just isn't quite up my foodie alley). I want to photocopy
Brownies, a Memoir for izzy - it reminds me of her Bubbe's brownies in spirit. I'd mention them all here, but really - you should just go read this. Each piece seems of higher calibre than those of previous years... and the bar is consistenly high.
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Dead Air, Iain Banks
The wickedly cynical and funny story of a London morning-show DJ and his friends & lovers. Very good, very Banks, very recommended.
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Cosmonaut Keep, Ken Macleod
This book comes frighteningly close to being a solipsism for my life. Timely in presentation, too. We follow two main characters through their plotlines, trading chapters between them. One is a marine biologist studying neurology (the far future storyline, set off-earth), and the other is a project manager (the near future storyline, set on earth). Wacky. Well-written with interesting political commentary, as we've come to expect from Mr. Macleod. Recommended.
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