So I am off to visit my childhood friend who had a baby a few months ago. This is the way I get to be reminded very clearly that I don't really want to have children. However, I do get to bring gifts. Those things are so cute... but it still does not make me want to have a baby.
Thursday, August 07, 2003
Flights of Literature
Terry Goodkind: The Pillars of Creation
I have read all the books in this series and thought I'd better catch up with it since he now has the next book out in hardcover. (*****)Dave Eggers: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
I have just begun reading this novel. The back of the title page is unique. I hope the rest is just as good.Anne Lamont: Bird by Bird
The best book ever on what it means and what it takes to be a writer. (*****)Pamela Ribon: Why Girls Are Weird : A Novel
I did not learn why girls are weird, but I did learn about insecurities that are common amongst many more women than I thought. (****)Martin L. Gross: The Conspiracy of Ignorance: The Failure of American Public Schools
Affirms many problems I have seen with public education. I only wish it offered solutions to help me change the school system I work in. (*****)Joe Weisberg: 10th Grade
While it may seem clever to write the way many teenagers write, trying to read it when you are seriously trying to learn something about 10th Graders is annoying. (*)
