CarrieK | December 3, 2009
Title: Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 Author: various, edited by Dave Eggers Genre: various Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy that was a gift from Vasilly I have read several editions of the Best American series – essays and short stories – but this was my first foray [...]
CarrieK | July 15, 2009
Title:Are you there God? It’s me. Also, a Bunch of Zombies Author: Jake Swearingen Source: The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 – read it online Rating: 4 out of 5 stars This is the very funny diary of a man locked inside an office building after the zombie apocalypse. That pretty much sums it up. [...]
CarrieK | July 15, 2009
Title: My Massive Feelings Author: Laurie Weeks Source: Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 – read it online Rating: 4 out of 5 stars This short story is written in the form of diary entries addressed to Sylvia Plath. It’s darkly humorous, as Ms. Weeks captures the angst that is adolescent girlhood. The diary writer wants [...]
CarrieK | July 14, 2009
Title: Y Author: Marjorie Celona Source: The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 – read it online Rating: 4 out of 5 stars I’ve been enjoying The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 in small sips before bed. It’s an eclectic mixture of fiction and non-fiction, the silly and the serious. Y is the story of Shannon, [...]
CarrieK | April 29, 2009
I’ve completed stories 50 through 58 this week. The first two were in The New Yorker magazine. (Click on the titles below to read them online.) The next seven come from the book Speaking with the Angel, which was put together by Nick Hornby. Hornby’s son is autistic and able to go to a wonderful [...]
CarrieK | April 19, 2009
I recently read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes through DailyLit.com, a service which sends public domain books to your e-mail for free. You can choose the length of the installments, and to have them sent daily or only on weekdays or weekends. I have never read any Sherlock Holmes before, but have always meant to. [...]
