Shield's concept (and conceit) is to create a novel solely using words, sentences, and sometimes whole paragraphs -- taken from other people's works. Sounds intriguing, right? And it is. Unfortunately … more
I'm only a 1/3 of the way through this, so this technically is a review-in-progress, subject to later amendment. I was a devout Hemingway fan all through my teens and 20s, and have read everything … more
I first read Gatsby in high school, and then read it again in college, and both times I was struck (I recall) by the remarkable lucidity of the prose, but both times I was a little bored by the plot and … more
Great summer read (and great non-summer read as well) by Stephen King's kid Joe Hill. Hill got famous anonymously before people knew he was related to the master of horror, which was a classy … more
You actually don't need the first one to read this -- you should read it, of course, but if you accidentally pick this book up on a plane and start reading (like I did) you'll soon be in the grips … more