Skipping past Writober and Nanoblomo . . ? Shit, I dunno. I'm as bored as you are.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Kamikaze Lunchbreak Book Review: The Historian
So, I just finished reading Elizabeth Kostova’s 600-some-odd-page tome, The Historian. Interesting story: This woman won an award for best novel-in-progress and then got a $2 million advance (after a bidding war) for her completed book.
The book itself is an interesting vampire tale. It had a very Da Vinci Code feel for me, but the writing is much better, pace a bit slower, characters easier to sympathize with, violence more there (not quite as much as Anne Rice, though), and actual touching. It’s a little hard to follow at times because it’s jumping around between at least three distinct time periods (really, more like five).
Here’s a somewhat-brutal (but well-argued) review.
shaken and poured by Scott-san on 06/23 at 01:09 PM
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Listening
There's no "I" in threesome.
- Yes, Virginia (The Dresden Dolls)
- The Back Room (Editors)
- Our Love to Admire (Interpol)
- Violence is Golden (Scanners)
- Make Your Life (The Butchies)
Viewing
I can't remember whether I've seen anything new since my birthday. Oh, right, that one.
- Flags of Our Fathers
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Why We Fight
- Babel
- The Departed
Reading
I was hoping for a little more detail in the accounts of mauling-by-zombie. But the anecdotes were disturbing, nonetheless..
- Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley
- Geisha by Liza Dalby (current)
- Lost Girls by Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie (current)
- World War Z by Max Brooks
- Marvel: 1602 by Neil Gaiman and others
Drinking
I don't have a solid grasp on which exact cheap beers I had at the ATL watering holes.
- AmberBock
- Heineken
- Michelob Ultra Amber
- Kirin SPR
- Kronenbourg 1664
