Archive for August, 2009
Clean, Well-Lighted Sentences by Janis Bell
August 25th, 2009Title: Clean, Well-Lighted Sentences Author: Janis Bell Publisher: W.W. Norton (2008) I have a confession to make. I am a grammar Nazi. It bugs me when people speak English bad. I also correct people when they say something that is grammatically correct, which in turn bugs them. That said, most of the grammar I only [...]
Book News: I Don’t Understand “Twilight”
August 23rd, 2009OK. I’m going to throw myself out there on this one. But before I do, I should mention that I have never read a book by Stephanie Meyer. I don’t understand the whole “Twilight” thing. I’ve read excerpts from the books and the writing seems adolescent. Maybe that’s the point…seeing how the books are targeted [...]
Eat, Memory by Amanda Hesser
August 11th, 2009Title: Eat, Memory Author: Amanda Hesser (edited by) Publisher: W.W. Norton (2009) I like reading books about food. I don’t know why really. I’m not very adventurous when I eat. I would be satisfied to eat Mac & Cheese every night and I think I have the least discerning taste buds ever. That said, I [...]
Something For The Pain by Paul Austin
August 8th, 2009Title: Something for the Pain Author: Dr. Paul Austin Publisher: WW Norton (2008) As observant readers of Letters on Pages may know, I am a fan of medical memoirs. I am always drawn to the fascinating stories that doctors have…and they tend to be surgeons. Atul Gawande’s book, Better, was incredibly good as it had [...]
