Category Archives: Book Reviews

Book Review – The Road

Posted on June 22, 2007 by RG

At once beautiful and horrific, The Road by Cormac McCarthy will keep you up at night for two reasons.  The first is the nightmare world he sketches.  The second is the beautiful relationship between the father and son who are … Continue reading →

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Oracle Night, Paul Auster

Posted on May 15, 2007 by RG

How does narrative impact real life? How does real life impact narrative? What is time, and how does fiction exist within it – or outside it? Paul Auster’s eleventh novel is a soup of fictional plots – at one point … Continue reading →

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Nascar Kind of Life

Posted on May 13, 2007 by RG

My life is speeding by faster than a drag racing redneck.  Once again I find myself in the weekend, a particularly relaxing weekend at home, and look with alarm at the past blur of a week.  I am thinking with … Continue reading →

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Bookworm

Posted on May 9, 2007 by RG

I think I’m going to start writing some book reviews.  Ask my husband, and he’ll tell you, I read about 2 books a week.  Sometimes I think it’s not healthy.  But I can’t not have a book going – the … Continue reading →

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