"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J.D. Salinger is a strange little story that I enjoyed even as I pondered the meaning. First, let me get this out of the way: on my first read through, I was partially convinced that Seymour, our protagonist, was a pedophile. A Michael Jackson-type pedophile, trying to recapture the innocence of childhood, but still too bound up in the sexuality of adults. Second read through didn't do much to dissuade me of this notion; although there is no clear, definite proof. At its core, this short story reflects upon the difficulties of communication, the inability for anyone to truly know anyone else. I recommend focusing on that while reading rather than thinking about the strange kissing of the foot.
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I'll admit it. I love Nora Roberts. Before The Great Book Purge a few months ago, I owned a copy of every book she wrote. Many I had read multiple times.
Blood Brothers is the first in the Sign of Seven trilogy, and this was my second time reading it. After reading
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, I figured I needed a light read. The premise is lovely: three boys celebrate their 11th birthday camping in the woods and accidentally - or fatefully - release an ancient evil. The rest of the book - and the next two - deals with countering the evil they unleashed...and
having unabashedly hot sex falling in love.
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I read
"The TV" by Ben Loory based on the recommendation of Megan at
Leafing Through Life, and I loved it. In this surreal short story, a man ditches work and begins flipping channels only to find a channel featuring a show starring himself. As he sits there, he watches himself arrive at work and go about his daily life. Soon his channel flipping reveals this other version of himself doing all sorts of things. And then things get weird. Loved. It.
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Dead and Gone is the ninth book in Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series, and I really felt like writing a full review of it would be rather redundant. I've already reviewed 8 of these books, and let's face it, there's not much more to say. The supernaturals have their Political Disputes and Big Revelations; Sookie's Frustrating But Beneficial Talent, well, it frustrates her and benefits her; Eric's Super Hotness had me drooling; etc. I did enjoy this one more than many of the previous books though.
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I read "The TV" by Ben Loory based on the recommendation of Megan at Leafing Through Life, and I loved it. In this surreal short story, a man ditches work and begins flipping channels only to find a channel featuring a show starring himself. As he sits there, he watches himself arrive at work and go about his daily life. Soon his channel flipping reveals this other version of himself doing all sorts of things. And then things get weird. Loved. It.
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