tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post608816046412348909..comments2023-11-30T02:30:42.825-08:00Comments on E a r t h G o a t: Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoGrendelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-82780715842327811482009-09-05T06:46:34.870-07:002009-09-05T06:46:34.870-07:00I finally read Oscar Wao. I did enjoy it all the ...I finally read Oscar Wao. I did enjoy it all the way through. It reminded me that writing can be ecstatic and exuberant. It doesn't have to be staid and perfect. Energy goes a long way, and character is the basis for all driving narrative. Wasn't crazy about the POV shifts though. Loved the ending.Grendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-6284366401241492882009-07-30T06:41:13.283-07:002009-07-30T06:41:13.283-07:00I totally thought The Savage Detectives was going ...I totally thought The Savage Detectives was going to be that kind of book during that first section. Then I got to the section of fragments and got really frustrated--I kept wondering how long it would go on before we got back to the good stuff, and when it turned out to be almost the entire book, I was kind of devastated. I hear 2666, which is next on my list, is more like the beginning of TSD, so I'm optimistic...Michelle Falkoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588921921027178995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-57113242269377777922009-07-29T14:06:50.632-07:002009-07-29T14:06:50.632-07:00I like it better without the 'and,' if onl...I like it better without the 'and,' if only because the adj and adj noun of proper noun feels more familiar.<br /><br />I'm reading Gil Adamson's The Outlander and liking it.cfphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229011285921460494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-21237644592056393492009-07-29T11:19:59.621-07:002009-07-29T11:19:59.621-07:00The Savage DetectivesThe Savage Detectivesdunkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262053391724614155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-27446988354628001512009-07-29T07:15:28.957-07:002009-07-29T07:15:28.957-07:00I think you want to insert the "and" bec...I think you want to insert the "and" because then it would be more iambic -- and better. The "and" should be there.<br /><br />I need to be "Wao"ed it seems. All the cool kids are reading it. Like The Corrections and Cloud Atlas in days of yore. It's going to have to wait until I've devoured Pynchon's new one coming out Aug 4.<br /><br />I was disappointed by the hangover. Such a great concept, they could have done so much with it. Instead, they just kind of skated along in "okay summer movie" mode. There was nothing special about it that I could see. Except that Zack Galafrackinakis or whatever should be a much bigger star than he is.<br /><br />As for recs I'm still splashing about in the canon playpool. When I want to read something in which I get totally absorbed and don't think about how the sausage was made, I reach for Dickens. Right now I'm in the thick of Tale of Two Cities," which for some reason I'd been avoiding. Engrossing -- he makes it look so fun and easy.Grendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-35065868481891384302009-07-28T17:36:19.440-07:002009-07-28T17:36:19.440-07:00Totally on board with your assessment of The Hango...Totally on board with your assessment of The Hangover--interesting in construction (if not entirely original) but entirely forgettable once it was over. <br /><br />Am having the same problem with Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All.TLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528402228927046821noreply@blogger.com