Kevin Brockmeier's
Brief History of the Dead is the first book I've ever "read" by listening to the audiobook. I downloaded it from the library, put it on my mp3 player and listened to it here and there. Not a bad experience, but I don't think it will ever replace really reading a book for me. As for the book itself, it presents a fascinating idea of the afterlife.
Labels: audiobook, books, Brockmeier, fiction, reviews
posted by kristin at 4:07 PM
True Notebooks is the account of time Mark Salzman spent teaching writing classes in a juvenile detention facility. Fascinating. Also interesting is how well this correlated with a journal article I had to read for class recently which was a case study of the tutor/tutee relationship between someone helping with literacy and an inmate.
Labels: books, memoir, reviews, writing
posted by kristin at 9:37 PM
Isabel Allende's
The House of the Spirits isn't a book I can do justice to in a few sentences. It takes place over decades, has fascinating characters, and has some weird things happen. At the core it's a book about the relationships within a family, but it's so much more.
Labels: books, LatinAmerica, magicalrealism, reviews
posted by kristin at 9:35 PM 
