xxviii. the disappearance of alice creed - very interesting! definitely not what it appears to be at first. i saw it at lunchtime on a monday with 2 other people in the cinema.
vi. washington, OAF - went with my sister who professed to be an earlier fan than me. went to the all ages show which was probably a good move in hindsight because the first performance of the day tends to be better? in any case it was very impressive! fantastic voice!
xlviii. the disappointment artist, jonathan lethem - i kinda skimmed this, i am finding that essays are not the most interesting form of writing unless they have an interesting central theme
xlix. and the heart says whatever, emily gould - i really enjoyed this! obviously i am in the right demographic. the cover was annoying though because the cardboard was trimmed short of the rest of the book's edge and therefore difficult to flick pages properly.
l. all the sad young litereary men, keith gessen - i won't say 'never' but i have rarely been so annoyed at a book and its characters and yet kept reading it. clearly this was the aim and that was achieved.
li. changing my mind, zadie smith - most of these essays were enjoyable! for some reason i couldn't get into the ones where she writes about other books or writers, most likely because i haven't read them and they require actual understanding of the discussed material.
how on earth do you find the time to read this much?! My copy of Changing My Mind, purchased like 6 months ago, still remains untouched. :(
ReplyDeletehaha. i read on the train and sometimes at work when there's nothing doing. also i think i read pretty fast?
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