by Caris O'Malley
I don't even know how to say what I want to say about this book. It's brilliant, funny, different, bizarro but not so freaky it didn't make sense, tragic, weird and a dozen other adjectives. The book should have been confusing but it wasn't. It was unpredictable until the last few pages really. The ...
I really like the cover of this book. American Gothic is one of my all time favorite paintings and I just loved how it was doctored for the cover.Also, I enjoyed the story itself. This is one of those rare books, that I think would of done better if it was longer. I wanted more of the relationship (...
Until he laid the egg, Manny's life consisted of hanging around his apartment and fishing coins out of fountains. Now, he's got a girlfriend of sorts and keeps getting harassed about the egg. So what's inside?Sometimes, you read a book and wonder how the hell it ever got published. Other times, y...
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl (same thing in my book),And he called for more Caris O’Malley. [it rhymes; deal with it]This review is premised on the audio version of the text—not the official publisher’s edition, rendered with impeccable delivery by Maya Angelou, but instead, th...
Tarsilo Do Amaral, "Urutu"
I totally fucking love this book. I’m not even lying to you because I’m trying to schmooze you into buying it or anything. People never want to read the books I like, anyway. They always want to read the ones I hate and then tell me to read them again. It’s the cross I bear. So, I pretty much c...
As I was reading this book I got a call from a friend who asked what I was doing and I said "Reading a book about a guy who lays an egg" and she said "Oh, no." That's a good sign for a bizarro book.The story itself is pretty charming and steers itself away from being convoluted and so I believe the...
November 2010 Update: AUTOGRAPHED COPY. Oh yeah!January 2010 Original review:This is a remarkable book. I really enjoyed reading it and thought it was very funny. From the beginning I had no idea how the story was going to wrap up, but the ending was absolutely perfect. I admit to being a little sad...
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