Nov. 28, 2011 at 1:45pm with 9 notes
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Books I’ve Read: November, 2011 Leviathan by Paul Auster Another well thought-out novel from Paul Auster that seems to capitalize on his ability to create a novel’s atmosphere while simultaneously injecting the kind of puzzling aspect of a mystery book. Great but heart-breaking ending. After this book decided to take a little hiatus from my Auster streak just to get a bit of a broader spectrum of reading. Planning on working on the rest of his bibliography after the Holidays. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen I was a little hesitant to buy this book after reading on the back cover, ”The first Great American Novel of the post-Obama era.” It seems like everyone is trying to write the ‘post-9/11’ or ‘post-Obama’ novel, but has that much really changed since Obama took office, social-atmosphere-wise? Well, I’m glad I proceeded with it - after a slow first 50-60 pages it started to pull me in. Eventually I felt as if the characters’ situations had be custom tailored for me as the singular audience. That kind of a good book. Grow Up by Ben Brooks This book has got (per the norm) a lot of hype from the Alt Lit crowd, so I decided to pick it up. Not a bit disappointed - in fact it turned out to be a desperately needed break from the Post-Modern which is inherently a bit depressing. Kids and alcohol and sex-campaigns. I laughed at least 5-6 times loudly on the bus while reading the last 20 or so pages. Made me realize how much I miss my friends back home and being a lousy teenager. Fuzzy ending that was a welcome departure from the win-some/lose-some of the last batch of books I read.

Books I’ve Read: November, 2011

Leviathan by Paul Auster

Another well thought-out novel from Paul Auster that seems to capitalize on his ability to create a novel’s atmosphere while simultaneously injecting the kind of puzzling aspect of a mystery book. Great but heart-breaking ending. After this book decided to take a little hiatus from my Auster streak just to get a bit of a broader spectrum of reading. Planning on working on the rest of his bibliography after the Holidays.

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

I was a little hesitant to buy this book after reading on the back cover, ”The first Great American Novel of the post-Obama era.” It seems like everyone is trying to write the ‘post-9/11’ or ‘post-Obama’ novel, but has that much really changed since Obama took office, social-atmosphere-wise? Well, I’m glad I proceeded with it - after a slow first 50-60 pages it started to pull me in. Eventually I felt as if the characters’ situations had be custom tailored for me as the singular audience. That kind of a good book.

Grow Up by Ben Brooks

This book has got (per the norm) a lot of hype from the Alt Lit crowd, so I decided to pick it up. Not a bit disappointed - in fact it turned out to be a desperately needed break from the Post-Modern which is inherently a bit depressing. Kids and alcohol and sex-campaigns. I laughed at least 5-6 times loudly on the bus while reading the last 20 or so pages. Made me realize how much I miss my friends back home and being a lousy teenager. Fuzzy ending that was a welcome departure from the win-some/lose-some of the last batch of books I read.

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