read 75 books in 2007

An economic horror story. Couldn ‘t put it down.

Being consumerland fiction from Russia, it’s a little better than the over cleverness we get here. There are real stakes involved.

Was one of the only English books lying around. Liked it, although can’t believe it took so long for him to publish it.

Disappointing. Gore’s attempt to be accessible and schoolmarmish mars an otherwise important idea that a return to the Enlightenment is in serious order in the country. A good primer I suppose for people still at this late date wondering what the problem is in the White House, but otherwise dull. Gore is better when he’s focusing on one thing, such as global warming.

Another professor book, but a superb one. Wow! Insanely good.

Read this on a long flight over the Pacific, a strange place to be.
Why is every protagonist in today’s literary fiction a professor?

lovin’ the nature

Collection of Orwell’s essays, including one really long one about how England needs to go socialist if it’s to win the fight against the Germans. Also includes Politics of the English Language, hadn’t read that since high school, talk about an anti-theory screed.

Couldn’t resist. It was so nice to spend time with those characters again, but as usual it was over all too soon.

Waugh was a great writer “even if all the wrong people said so” says Clive James. This book was funny. The mother wasn’t as horrid as she is in the film.
Pass me a drumstick.