"Thirty Girls" by Susan Minot is a gripping and heart-breaking novel that tackles one of the most despicable men in contemporary human history: Joseph Kony.Contrasting the life of an Ugandan victim of Kony (amongst many other girls) with that of a Western woman travelling and researching works very ...
This is one of those books that's sold as a story of atrocities in a little-known country, but that actually focuses on the mundane angst of a visiting American.Jane is a 38-year-old journalist from New York, who travels to Uganda to recover from a failed marriage. She soon meets the much younger Ha...
I'm a sucker for a sales table at a bookstore, and am always willing to take a chance on a book by an author who has already had rave reviews for a previous book. I should, however, learn to pass by the books where all the comments on the jacket are for the previous book, and not the one I'm picking...
she blows, and her thoughts never wander far from misguided contemplation of her object of affection. he gets blown, and his thoughts capture the various rationalizations of a self-absorbed, self-important cad. should blow jobs really be this tortuous? this short novel never really gets beyond its c...
There are writers who make mistakes. If their words were a house, some measurements might be askew, some paint could be found on the carpet, perhaps a door doesn't open just right. It's bound to happen, and readers should be forgiving of those writers who blunder occasionally.There are also writer...
Longest. Blow job. Ever. There were some lovely bits in this tale of two lovers coming together for what is likely the last time, and the complete disconnection of their thoughts as Kay fellates Benjamin. For 116 pages. I just kept thinking, "Is it over yet?" Not a good sign for such a short book.An...
A unique end of life perspective. Some of her writing bugs me as does the lack of punctuation, but it doesn' distract too much (doesn't add anything either)
I would have given this two and a half it I had the option, because I did like several of the poems very much.
Last day of a woman's life. She remembers a past love.
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