I already decided that I don’t want a Kindle (you know that electronic book-reading thing that you get from Amazon); however, I thought I would try it out while on vacation with a kindle-owner. I read part of a New Yorker, but found that it wasn’t quite the organic experience that I’m used to – [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Kindling
Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The Help
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I finally read The Help, by Kathryn Stockett. It was a compelling read, with much suspense and a real sense of the danger that Aibileen, Minny and the other maids were courting through their covert writing project. The beating and blinding of one maid’s son for using a white bathroom provides a serious counterpoint to [...]
