One Hundred Books
2.23.2006
Sixty-Second Book
The Colossus Of New York : Colson Whitehead
Anchor : 2003
Borrowed from Sarra Alpert
Started 2.21.06
Finished 2.23.06
The Line: "Wow, this crappy performance art is really making me feel not so terrible about my various emotional issues. He has to duck out early to get back to his bad art. Three cheers for your rich interior life, may it serve you well come rent day" (128).
Is this a good book.
Do you need question marks when
you know the answer. ¶ 15:58 0 comments
The Colossus Of New York : Colson WhiteheadAnchor : 2003
Borrowed from Sarra Alpert
Started 2.21.06
Finished 2.23.06
The Line: "Wow, this crappy performance art is really making me feel not so terrible about my various emotional issues. He has to duck out early to get back to his bad art. Three cheers for your rich interior life, may it serve you well come rent day" (128).
Is this a good book.
Do you need question marks when
you know the answer. ¶ 15:58 0 comments
2.21.2006
Sixty-First Book
The Wavering Knife : Brian Evenson
FC2 : 2004
Bought at Seventh Street Books for $5.00+
Started 2.17.06
Finished 2.21.06
The Line: "She had not managed to cut the head all the way off but had gotten pretty far, and the oldest girl had gone to Church herself for enough years to know that nobody who wanted to cut their head off as bad as that was going anywhere near heaven" (22).
If Matthew Barney
makes Bjork's dreams, then Evenson
must make her nightmares. ¶ 14:56 0 comments
The Wavering Knife : Brian EvensonFC2 : 2004
Bought at Seventh Street Books for $5.00+
Started 2.17.06
Finished 2.21.06
The Line: "She had not managed to cut the head all the way off but had gotten pretty far, and the oldest girl had gone to Church herself for enough years to know that nobody who wanted to cut their head off as bad as that was going anywhere near heaven" (22).
If Matthew Barney
makes Bjork's dreams, then Evenson
must make her nightmares. ¶ 14:56 0 comments
2.17.2006
Sixtieth Book
A Small Place : Jamaica Kincaid
FSG : 2000
Borrowed from Sarra Alpert
Started 2.16.06
Finished 2.16.06
The Line: "Do you ever wonder why some people blow things up? I can imagine that if my life had taken a certain turn, there would be the Barclays Bank, and there I would be, both of us in ashes" (26).
And for my next trick
I will fail to relieve my
great white guilt. Stunning!
¶ 00:34 1 comments
A Small Place : Jamaica KincaidFSG : 2000
Borrowed from Sarra Alpert
Started 2.16.06
Finished 2.16.06
The Line: "Do you ever wonder why some people blow things up? I can imagine that if my life had taken a certain turn, there would be the Barclays Bank, and there I would be, both of us in ashes" (26).
And for my next trick
I will fail to relieve my
great white guilt. Stunning!
¶ 00:34 1 comments
2.16.2006
Fifty-Ninth Book
Lust : Elfriede Jelinek
Serpent's Tail : 1992
Bought at Seventh Ave Books for $6.00+
Started 2.5.06
Finished 2.14.06
The Line: "The fist knocks the woman senseless against the railing. She has left the last of the cottages far behind now. The children's babble told clearly of how wonderful life is if you let circumstances pull the wool over your eyes" (72).
The end of this book
is nearly as frightening
as the rest of it. ¶ 15:55 0 comments
Lust : Elfriede JelinekSerpent's Tail : 1992
Bought at Seventh Ave Books for $6.00+
Started 2.5.06
Finished 2.14.06
The Line: "The fist knocks the woman senseless against the railing. She has left the last of the cottages far behind now. The children's babble told clearly of how wonderful life is if you let circumstances pull the wool over your eyes" (72).
The end of this book
is nearly as frightening
as the rest of it. ¶ 15:55 0 comments
2.05.2006
Fifty-Eighth Book
The Middle Stories : Sheila Heti
McSweeney's : 2002
Bought at Strand Book Store for $1.00+
Started 2.3.06
Finished 2.4.06
The Line: "What right had he to kill himself when there were stars in the sky, twinkling all innocent and not noticing him and noticing nothing. They were suspended so far and so beautifully and here he was putting himself on the road to get run over when he didn't even mean it" (14).
You don't need to give
me another reason to
move to Toronto.
¶ 17:55 0 comments
The Middle Stories : Sheila HetiMcSweeney's : 2002
Bought at Strand Book Store for $1.00+
Started 2.3.06
Finished 2.4.06
The Line: "What right had he to kill himself when there were stars in the sky, twinkling all innocent and not noticing him and noticing nothing. They were suspended so far and so beautifully and here he was putting himself on the road to get run over when he didn't even mean it" (14).
You don't need to give
me another reason to
move to Toronto.
¶ 17:55 0 comments
2.04.2006
Fifty-Seventh Book
A Room Of One's Own : Virginia Woolf
Harcourt : 1957
Bought at Housing Works Used Book Cafe for $1.00+
Started 2.1.06
Finished 2.3.06
The Line: "I need hardly multiply instances of the undeniable, if very unfortunate, fact that it is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others" (58).
I am three hundred
forty pounds shy of having
my own room. Hooray!
¶ 12:33 0 comments
A Room Of One's Own : Virginia WoolfHarcourt : 1957
Bought at Housing Works Used Book Cafe for $1.00+
Started 2.1.06
Finished 2.3.06
The Line: "I need hardly multiply instances of the undeniable, if very unfortunate, fact that it is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others" (58).
I am three hundred
forty pounds shy of having
my own room. Hooray!
¶ 12:33 0 comments
