tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49127780735661737182024-02-18T21:10:32.527-06:00Liz and Gianna's Adventures in Book LandLiz and Gianna are two of a dying breed--traveling sales reps for book publishers--who sell books in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and the Deep South. Since we're constantly on the road hawking books, we must find ways to amuse ourselves. So here we've decided to share our anecdotes, adventures, favorite books, and efforts in making the world (or at least these few states) a more literate place to inhabit.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062604016084392129noreply@blogger.comBlogger494125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-74226961087595582972015-11-14T15:14:00.001-06:002015-11-14T15:14:49.011-06:00Knopf 100--The Complete ListToo lazy to read through the 20+ posts that comprised our Knopf 100th anniversary celebration list of books? So is Gianna. No worries, though. Here's the complete list for your perusal:<br />
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<li><i>Sula </i>by Toni Morrison</li>
<li><i>An Unquiet Mind</i> by Kay Redfield Jamison</li>
<li><i>Hiroshima</i> by John Hersey</li>
<li><i>The Narrow Road to the Deep North </i>by Richard Flanagan</li>
<li><i>Interview with a Vampire</i> by Anne Rice</li>
<li><i>Mildred Pierce </i>by James M. Cain</li>
<li><i>Plainsong</i> by Kent Haruf</li>
<li><i>The Book of Aron</i> by Jim Shepard</li>
<li><i>Me: Stories of My Life</i> by Katharine Hepburn</li>
<li><i>Dispatches</i> by Michael Herr </li>
<li><i>The Looming Tower</i> by Lawrence Wright</li>
<li><i>The English Patient </i>by Michael Ondaatje</li>
<li><i>Embers </i>by Sandor Marai</li>
<li><i>A Room with a View</i> by E.M. Forster</li>
<li><i>The Boat</i> by Nam Le</li>
<li><i>The Infatuations</i> by Javier Marias</li>
<li><i>Claire of the Sea Light</i> by Edwidge Danticat</li>
<li><i>Anywhere But Here</i> by Mona Simpson</li>
<li><i>Falling Off the Map </i>by Pico Iyer</li>
<li><i>The Remains of the Day </i>by Kazuo Ishiguro</li>
<li><i>The Maltese Falcon</i> by Dashiell Hammett</li>
<li><i>Angelmaker</i> by Nick Harkaway</li>
<li><i>My Life in France </i>by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme</li>
<li><i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</i> by Stieg Larsson</li>
<li><i>The Hakawati</i> by Rabih Alameddine</li>
<li><i>Wild </i>by Cheryl Strayed</li>
<li><i>Anti-Intellectualism in American Life</i> by Richard Hofstadter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><i>The Trial </i>by Franz Kafka</li>
<li><i>Arthur & George</i> by Julian Barnes</li>
<li><i>Swamplandia!</i> by Karen Russell</li>
<li><i>Hitler's Willing Executioners </i>by Danial Jonah Goldhagen</li>
<li><i>I Am Sorry to Thing I Have Raised a Timid Son</i> by Kent Russell</li>
<li><i>The Fifth Child</i> by Doris Lessing</li>
<li><i>Beloved </i>by Toni Morrison</li>
<li><i>Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage</i> by Alice Munro</li>
<li><i>Love in the Time of Cholera</i> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</li>
<li><i>Ava's Man </i>by Rick Bragg</li>
<li><i>The Postman Always Rings Twice</i> by James M. Cain</li>
<li><i>Self-Help </i>by Lorrie Moore</li>
<li><i>How to Breathe Underwater</i> by Julie Orringer</li>
<li><i>Imperial Life in the Emerald City </i>by Rajiv Chandrasekaran</li>
<li><i>Lying Awake</i> by Mark Salzman</li>
<li><i>True Notebooks </i>by Mark Salzman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><i>The Most of Nora Ephron</i> by Nora Ephron</li>
<li><i>The Senator's Wife</i> by Sue Miller</li>
<li><i>Going Clear</i> by Lawrence Wright</li>
<li><i>Daddy, We Hardly Knew You</i> by Germaine Greer</li>
<li><i>Original Bliss</i> by A.L. Kennedy</li>
<li><i>To the End of the Land</i> by David Grossman</li>
<li><i>When the Emperor Was Divine</i> by Julie Otsuka</li>
<li><i>The Children's Book </i>by A.S. Byatt</li>
<li><i>The Sibley Guide to the Birds of North America</i> by David Alan Sibley</li>
<li><i>Tokyo Year Zero</i> by David Peace</li>
<li><i>American Prometheus</i> by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin</li>
<li><i>In the Cut </i>by Susanna Moore</li>
<li><i>All the Pretty Horses</i> by Cormac McCarthy</li>
<li><i>Birds of America</i> by Lorrie Moore</li>
<li><i>Who the Hell's In It</i> by Peter Bogdanovich</li>
<li><i>Collected Poems </i>by Donald Justice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><i>The Newlyweds</i> by Nell Freudenberger</li>
<li><i>Acts of Faith </i>by Philip Caputo</li>
<li><i>Baseball </i>by Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><i>The Ministry of Special Cases</i> by Nathan Englander</li>
<li><i>The Dog Stars</i> by Peter Heller</li>
<li><i>Seating Arrangements</i> by Maggie Shipstead</li>
<li><i>Americanah </i>by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</li>
<li><i>Peace</i> by Richard Bausch</li>
<li><i>Half the Sky </i>by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn</li>
<li><i>Sons of Mississippi</i> by Paul Hendrickson</li>
<li><i>Instructions for a Heatwave</i> by Maggie O'Farrell</li>
<li><i>Breaking Clean </i>by Judy Blunt</li>
<li><i>I Am an Executioner </i>by Rajesh Parameswaran</li>
<li><i>Audition </i>by Barbara Walters</li>
<li><i>The Selected Letters of Willa Cather</i></li>
<li><i>Diana Arbus</i> by Patricia Bosworth</li>
<li><i>All of Us </i>by Raymond Carver<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><i>Gods Without Men </i>by Hari Kunzru</li>
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<li><i>Find a Way </i>by Diana Nyad</li>
<li><i>Mating</i> by Norman Rush<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><i>The Secret History</i> by Donna Tartt</li>
<li><i>The Prophet </i>by Kahlil Gibran </li>
<li><i>Born to Run </i>by Christopher McDougall</li>
<li><i>A Visit from the Goon Squad</i> by Jennifer Egan</li>
<li><i>Song of Solomon </i>by Toni Morrison</li>
<li><i>The Beggar Maid</i> by Alice Munro</li>
<li><i>Endless Love </i>by Scott Spencer</li>
<li><i>An Open Book </i>by John Huston</li>
<li><i>The Invisible Bridge </i>by Julie Orringer</li>
<li><i>The Yokota Officers Club</i> by Sarah Bird</li>
<li><i>Midnight's Children </i>by Salman Rushdie</li>
<li><i>The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook</i> by Deb Perelman</li>
<li><i>Howards End </i>by E.M. Forster</li>
<li><i>The Accidental Tourist </i>by Anne Tyler</li>
<li><i>A Simple Plan </i>by Scott Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><i>North of Montana </i>by April Smith</li>
<li><i>Written on the Body</i> by Jeanette Winterson</li>
<li><i>The Lowland </i>by Jhumpa Lahiri</li>
<li><i>The News from Spain </i>by Joan Wickersham</li>
<li><i>Station Eleven </i>by Emily St. John Mandel</li>
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Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062604016084392129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-31956558168441272082015-11-13T17:23:00.000-06:002015-11-13T17:23:19.086-06:00Knopf 100--Day 26: This Is It! We Hit 100!Whoa! We've made it to the end! I'll post the complete list tomorrow, but here are the last four picks of our Knopf 100, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Alfred A. Knopf. Despite Gianna's habit of choosing books I'd already selected, we're concluding this list knowing that there are pooty loads of excellent books that could have made this list. It's been a challenge, an adventure, and a daunting task.<br />
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<b>97. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Written on the Body </i>by Jeanette Winterson, originally published in 1993. When we first discussed this project, Gianna and I both immediately thought about <i>Written on the Body </i>as a perfect pick...and then proceeded not to pick it for 25 days for fear of stepping on each other's toes. This is a novel with a narrator who is never named nor assigned a gender. The narrator is caught up in an intense love affair with a married woman, and the book weaves around and within that relationship. Winterson's fluid wordplay makes it a remarkable read, but her gender play makes <i>Written on the Body</i> a masterpiece. We both love this book fiercely.<br />
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<b>99. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The News from Spain</i> by Joan Wickersham, originally published in 2012. It kills me that <i>The News from Spain </i>isn't better known. If you take one "I've never even heard of that" book away from this list, let it be this one. This is a collection of seven short stories all relating to the theme of love--parent and child, husband and wife, friends, caregivers. All seven stories are titled "The News from Spain," and together they perform like a literary concert around the love theme. One that sticks in my memory involves a cantankerous old woman sparring with her in-home caretaker. Her hurts from the past are revealed, but also the love between two people thrust into a relationship because of a job. It's tender and heartbreaking, and Wickersham's writing is on a level with masters like Alice Munro.<br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062604016084392129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-62368992608613399022015-11-12T18:59:00.000-06:002015-11-12T18:59:05.944-06:00 Knopf 100--Day 25<br />
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ago and one of the questions was something like, name a book you loved but
don’t anymore. Well, I mentioned a few books that I suspected I wouldn’t like
as much (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">To Kill a Mockingbird</i> was
one) but thought it unfair to say unless I went back and re-read the specific
books. Another of the books I mentioned that perhaps I wouldn’t love was Anne
Tyler’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Accidental Tourist</i>. Well, I
did re-read last year it and I can just go blow, because I really just love
that book! The plot revolves around a travel writer whose teenage son was
murdered in a robbery. His marriage falls apart and he seems to drift and drift
until he is homebound with is very odd siblings and a dog that needs some
training. I completely and thoroughly enjoyed love this book and am embarrassed
that I ever thought I could not love such a powerful book. I highly recommend
reading it. I still think I would be disappointed with a Mockingbird revisit…</div>
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good, dark book you will not be able to put down? It’s a good winter book, a
good rainy day book. Simple Plan by Scott Smith, is a jaw dropper. Here is the
plot: Two brothers and a friend happen upon a small plane crash is a small midwestern
town (I think its Iowa or Ohio, look it up I can’t remember everything, geez).
In the debris they find the dead pilot and a bag containing several million
dollars. One wants to call the police, the other two are normal and say, uh…no,
we are keeping the cash, man. They agree that they will hold on to the money
for a few weeks and if nothing suspicious happens they will split it evenly. Well,
turns out that Confucius was right, mo money, mo problems. <o:p></o:p></div>
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dark novel, though unlike <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Simple Plan</i>,
this novel is certainly more of a thriller, but do understand that it is
incredibly well written and character driven. In fact, I would say April
Smith’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">North of Montana </i>is one of
the best debut novels I’ve ever read, really outstanding. This book is the
first in a series, the main character is a young smart FBI agent, Ana Grey. In
North of Montana the plot revolves around a very convoluted drug case, a movie
star, and a young doctor. Lots of plot twists, this book is smart. I can also
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It's important to understand that <i>Birds of Americ</i>a isn't one of the best collections of stories ever published, it's simply one of the best books ever published. Don't come at us with some shit about not liking short stories; stop saying that, it's nonsense. These stories are heartbreaking, smart, and darkly funny. A few of my favorites: <i>Real Estate</i> is about a woman battling cancer who refuses to put up with her husbands continued infidelity. <i>People Like That are the Only People Here</i> (this is a story David Sedaris often mentions as one of his favorites) is somewhat based on Moore's own experience with her sick child. And maybe my favorite, <i>Willing, </i>about a down on her luck middle aged actress who moves to the Midwest and lives out of a motel while dating a mechanic. She hates this. I can't think of a young writer, a good literary writer who can not look to this book as an influence. I am going to be so mad with you people if you don't read this book. </div>
giannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081445853447575789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-21498467355341640942015-11-11T20:31:00.000-06:002015-11-11T20:31:11.014-06:00Knopf 100--Day 24We are so close to the end! Gianna's going to bring me brownies when we're finished. <div>
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<b>91. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Midnight's Children</i> by Salman Rushdie, originally published in 1981. Salman Rushdie has authored some terrific books, but I think this one is his masterpiece. It not only won the Booker Prize the year it was published, it won the "Booker's Booker" for being the best of among all of the Booker winners over the years. That's some decent awards cred. This is the story--told by a great narrative voice--of Saleem Sinai, the child born at the stroke of midnight that also signaled Indian independence. He and the country grow up on parallel paths, mirroring each other over the course of several decades, and the writing is simply breathtaking. Writers read <i>Midnight's Children</i> and wish they could create such a magnificent book. </div>
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Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062604016084392129noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-16051077717371873932015-11-10T20:16:00.000-06:002015-11-10T20:16:52.419-06:00Knopf 100--Day 23<div class="MsoNormal">
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Anyway, <i>Song of Solomon</i> was arguably Morrison’s first <i>great</i>
book. <i>The Bluest Eye</i> and <i>Sula</i> are very good books and the perfect start if you plan to jump into Morrison’s literary canon, but it was<i> Song of Solomon</i>, the epic American novel that follows a single
family nearly a century, that was a hint at what Morrison would soon produce in
her masterpiece, <i>Beloved.</i> (And apologies to Franzen devotees, but Morrison is the
living master of the American landscape, the American story, and the publication of <i>Beloved</i> on the
heals of <i>Song of Solomon</i> sealed that deal long ago. Before Morrison it was Twain, I
suppose.) Morrison isn’t easy, and she asks us big, deep, moving questions and a reader must pay attention. Read Toni Morrison because it will make your life richer. Don’t read her because you have
to, or think you should (or you had a bad high school situation in your AP class...). Read <i>Beloved, Song of Solomon, Sula, Jazz</i>, or <i>The
Bluest Eye</i>, because everything you’ve heard about a book
changing your life is true. End of sermon. <o:p></o:p><br />
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86. I am going to move right on to another writer that both Liz and I love, Alice Munro. Now that I think about it, Liz and I are two peas in two very differently sized pods. Anyway, I thought I would choose a Munro book that we haven't written about at all, <i>The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose.</i> It's set in a small 1930's Canadian town that is filled with everything you'd want--thieves, bootleggers, prostitutes, and less exciting people like factory folk--and shopkeepers like Rose and her step mother, Flo. Although, to be fair when I say boring, Rose does date quite a bit. In fact, a good number of the stories are about Rose's love life; in one she is seduced on a long train ride by a .... that's right, a very old minister. If you had any sense at all, this is everything you would need in order to be convinced to read this book, but I will also tell you the stories are lovely, sad, and are all about the one thing that make all good stories about small towns great...they are about escape. I like to think about this collection as the one that almost got away because I didn't read it until Munro (finally!) won her 2013 Pulitzer. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdWxO3_csnYJFw3NuiK_afqzXtwezxwryoU7QMMCKjwUJq-D0C7OZZFjUnp3wlURCChKz0HUlK9SNn25UV2rew7i57v0BEBRXOjyizKjtyF_z349ZQK0-PK5_zzpVBWUJzPa9y6uKjrs/s1600/515v%252BWW61DL._SX298_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdWxO3_csnYJFw3NuiK_afqzXtwezxwryoU7QMMCKjwUJq-D0C7OZZFjUnp3wlURCChKz0HUlK9SNn25UV2rew7i57v0BEBRXOjyizKjtyF_z349ZQK0-PK5_zzpVBWUJzPa9y6uKjrs/s200/515v%252BWW61DL._SX298_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="128" /></a>87. Listen, I am going to try and do something that simply has not been accomplished on this blog. I am going to try and convince you that the 1981 film <i>Endless Love</i>, which was then given a second adaptation in 2014 called, well, <i>Endless Love</i> ... is actually a really good book by Scott Spencer. Okay. Here is my pitch: If you've seen the 1981 version of <i>Endless Love</i>, unsee it. It wasn't good. Close your eyes, concentrate, and just unsee it. I know you love Brooke Shields, I know it's when you first fell in love with James Spader and Tom Cruise, and yes I know it's hard to unsee Tom Cruise, I know this oh so well, but unsee him. Okay. Now did you see the 2014 adaptation? You did? Seek help, nothing I can do for you if you're over the age of twenty five and paid money to see that movie. The novel, the really fantastic novel,<i> Endless Love,</i> is about wild, erotic, dangerous, violent, crazy fucking love. Poor Scott Spencer, two shitty adaptations and then you get this theme <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewf0TnM4eKo" target="_blank">song</a>? That's just crappy luck.<br />
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<br />giannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081445853447575789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-51751563882470775762015-11-09T20:18:00.002-06:002015-11-09T20:18:19.847-06:00Knopf 100--Day 22I'm in Oklahoma tonight, and previously I posted from Colorado, so officially this series has spanned three states. Also, we've made it to the 80's! The end is nigh.<br />
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<b>82. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Prophet </i>by Kahlil Gibran, originally published in 1923. We'd be remiss not to include this classic on a list of Knopf books. We're approaching its own 100th anniversary and it's a favorite of many, many people worldwide. Gibran's essays are an inspirational philosophy for life. Topics from religion to love to death to knowing who you are in the world make it a moving, personal read for all those who come to its pages. If you're looking for one book to hold up as an emblem of what makes Knopf great, <i>The Prophet</i> would be a good one to champion.<br />
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<b>83. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Born to Run</i> by Christopher McDougall, originally published in 2009. Chris McDougall created magic with <i>Born to Run</i>, a blend of history, science, and personal narrative. What started as an exploration into why his feet hurt when he ran turned into a journey into the history of running and the human anatomical features that make us uniquely able to run great distances. The author talks to Harvard scientists, ultra-marathon runners, and an indigenous tribe in Mexico where running through the Copper Canyons is a way of life. <i>Born to Run</i> also helped ignite a huge barefoot running craze.<br />
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<b>84. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">A Visit from the Goon Squad</i> by Jennifer Egan, originally published in 2010. Jennifer Egan is high on my list of favorite authors. I met her once and typically was starstruck. I think I grunted a little. <i>A Visit from the Goon Squad</i> is an experimental novel that moves back and forth in the lives of Bennie, an aging music executive, and Sasha, his assistant. Part of the story is told as a PowerPoint presentation and it works; Egan is a genius. <i>Goon Squad</i> gathered up a heap of awards including a Pulitzer Prize.<br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062604016084392129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-5407254464586246222015-11-08T17:23:00.000-06:002015-11-08T17:23:03.809-06:00Knopf 100--Day 21Before we get to today's picks, I'd like to point out that this is the 500th post we've made to this crappy, half-assed book blog. I think that the only proper celebration would be for Gianna to bring me brownies. 500 brownies. It's okay if that many brownies makes me vomitous; this blog does as well. Bring on the books!<br />
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<b>77. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Gods Without Men</i> by Hari Kunzru, originally published in 2012. This book has some of my favorite things...like possible aliens, and national parks, and multiple, interconnected plot lines. The novel begins with an autistic child disappearing while he and his parents--at their wit's end with raising a disabled child--are on vacation in the Mojave Desert. The Pinnacles, the rock formation where the child vanishes, are a focal point for the book and site for native legends, a desert cult, a rock star, a bunch of weird occurrences. Hari Kunzru is probably a genius.<br />
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<b>78: </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar</i> by Simon Sebag Montifiore, originally published in 2004. Oh Stalin, be still my heart! I love (biographies of) totalitarian dictators and I love Russian/Soviet history. Throw in that Montifiore writes great histories that aren't in any way dull. <i>Stalin</i> is fascinating reading, from power plays and eliminating one's rivals to controlling one's country's popular culture on every level. I love this book and Joe's bushy mustache.<br />
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fierce and possibly a difficult boss? Read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Audition
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whatever the hell she wants to be. Yeah, she had to put up with Harry Reasoner, so
she get’s to do whatever she wants. Forever. Actually the torment Walters put
up with at The Evening News is worth the price of the book. Walters is a
pioneer of the highest order, she had to put up with a ton of shit so the next
generation wouldn’t have to. Oh, she got some pretty good interviews along the
way as well: Fidel Castro, Boris Yeltsin, The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza
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guilty reading<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> The</i> Selecte<i>d Letters of Willa Cather</i>. It’s a huge collection
and it took me nearly the entire summer to finish the book. And to make matters worse, Cather mentions that her letters are private within the letters themselves (so guilty), and more than once asked that her letters be destroyed. Ugh, the guilt. I know, but the thing is, its just one of the best collections of letters I’ve ever read. Cather comes to life in the same way Flannery O’Connor came into full view in<i> Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O’Connor</i>. They were both kind, funny, generous, and had
their mind on their money and their money on their mind. Well, the ladies took
care of business. Don't read the Willa Cather letters to look for clues to her sexuality, or gossip. Why are we still talking about it? What isn't clear about it? She was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, that's like old timey softball cred! </div>
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75. Diane Arbus was ahead of her time; she was pigeonholed as a strange photographer who took pictures of "freaks." Now we know she was actually capturing people forced to live on the fringes of society, often shamed and ridiculed. Arbus who suffered from depression her entire life (as did her mother) would eventually kill herself, which would then catapult her to worldwide fame. What Patricia Bosworth does so well in <i>Diane Arbus: A Biography</i> is temper the odd myths vs the truth. She digs deep and interviews dozens of family, friends and peers (the list is impressive and nearly all are dead now), giving Arbus a full biography that she deserves; if you've admired her photographs don't skip this fantastic book.<br />
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76. I've only read two Raymond Carver books (impressive, right?) the first is of course the story <i>What We Talk About When We Talk About Love </i>and the second is <i>All of Us: Collected Poems,</i> which I purchased about ten years ago at a garage sale for twenty five cents (she was asking fifty cents per book, but let's just say I'm a pretty savvy book dealer and knew I could get it for half that. Plus it was chewed up a bit on the corner and smelled faintly of wet dog). I fell in love with this book immediately and purchased a less disgusting copy later the same week. Be different, read Carvers stories some other time, buy this 400 plus page tome. Carver loved poetry, he loved being a poet, and he would think you were really swell if you bought this in his memory. Don't be cheap, pay full price.<br />
<br />giannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081445853447575789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-13075122390914612322015-11-06T18:42:00.000-06:002015-11-06T18:42:47.747-06:00Knopf 100--Day 19<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfra2MDBUze7mC9FI9ORTNRmzdZ7bzKpVHbQGfAo-QvCejhT3iN8JJ_L9aFSDSyPXRcD5YL4tHn3LgpRgmlCDFL9b59fgylztoUPE2t0R4QZ41FuguFM-P9z26O6eoW-J2C9YnRBCGHA/s1600/51M5XJCAZGL._SX317_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfra2MDBUze7mC9FI9ORTNRmzdZ7bzKpVHbQGfAo-QvCejhT3iN8JJ_L9aFSDSyPXRcD5YL4tHn3LgpRgmlCDFL9b59fgylztoUPE2t0R4QZ41FuguFM-P9z26O6eoW-J2C9YnRBCGHA/s200/51M5XJCAZGL._SX317_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="134" /></a>69. In<i> Sons of Mississippi </i>Paul Hendrickson looks to identify and interview the men in an iconic photo taken just before the integration of the University of Mississippi in 1962. The men in the photo (which appears as the cover of the book) don't know that their lives are about to change, that the photo would land on the cover of <i>Life Magazine.</i> As the years pass they would of course find themselves on the wrong side of history which would be documented in this photograph forever. What happened to these men? What about their children, their grandchildren? I thought about this photograph a lot this summer as marriage equality became the law of the land; what would become of those people, what will their children think in thirty years (or five)? This is one of the best social history books I've ever read, as good as Jonathan Kozol's <i>Savage Inequalities</i>, Barbara Ehrenreich's <i>Nickel and Dimed</i>, or <i>The Other America</i> by Michael Harrington. <br />
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70. Maggie O'Farrell writes smart, clever, interesting books often about families in crisis. <i>Instructions for a Heatwave,</i> set in 1975 London, finds the adult children of Robert Riordan looking for him after he sets out for an errand one morning and doesn't return. As the novels moves forward we learn that each member of the family is hiding something, holding shame, or<br />
possibly not being who they appear to be. I devoured this novel in a day, could not put it down to save my life. I love when a novel captivates you to the point where you not only can't put the book down, but then move on to the author's previous books - which is exactly what I did. O'Farrell has not disappointed me.<br />
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1960's, sans indoor plumbing. She went to school in a one room schoolhouse, and upon graduating high school was expected to marry and become a traditional ranch wife and mother. After over a decade of marriage and three children, Blunt summons the courage to walk away from her marriage, from the ranching life she loves, to go to college and study poetry. She searches and finds her authentic self.<br />
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<br />giannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081445853447575789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-86169903605414005592015-11-05T19:47:00.002-06:002015-11-05T19:47:26.742-06:00Knopf 100--Day 18Someone who knows Gianna, please remind her to swing by my house to bring in my trash cans. Thanks.<br />
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<b>65. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Seating Arrangements</i> by Maggie Shipstead, originally published in 2012. Weddings are a fictional, frictional gold mine, and what's not to love about a novel in which the bride is seven months pregnant? Think of a more literary <i>Father of the Bride</i>, with a pregnant bride, a TON of long held grudges, some lusting among the bridal party members, and a rogue lobster. This is the wedding I'd actually want to attend. Shipstead is a talented writer and an up and coming bestseller generator (if there's any justice at all in the world).<br />
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<b>67. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Peace</i> by Richard Bausch, originally published in 2008. Like Jim Shepard, Richard Bausch is a super talented writer that not enough people read. I love this short novel of his, <i>Peace. </i>It's World War II and three US soldiers are sent on a mission to scout out what's on the other side of a hill. Their Italian guide can't be trusted and it turns out that the hill is really a mountain. It's cold and rainy and miserable and war is hell. This is the kind of novel that sticks in your head and makes you think "I should read everything this guy writes," and yes, you should.<br />
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<b>68. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Half the Sky </i>by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, originally published in 2009. Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Kristof and WuDunn tell the stories of women around the world in their book <i>Half the Sky</i>, which was made into a PBS miniseries. The stories are sometimes grim, sad, and emotionally devastating, but they also offer hope. Imagine the strength of things like the economy, or education, or politics, or human rights, if half the world's population were treated equally with the other half. That's the mission here, and <i>Half the Sky </i>is one of the most important calls to action of the last decade.<br />
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<b>61. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Acts of Faith</i> by Philip Caputo, originally published in 2005. I think people have forgotten about this book and that's a cryin' shame. <i>Acts of Faith</i> is pure storytelling genius, but it's also the book that made the Sudan crisis real for me. That's the power of great fiction, right? Warlords, aid workers, a pilot who goes from flying in supplies to smuggling in arms, and the missionaries--the characters are unforgettable, as is the setting.<br />
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<b>63. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Ministry of Special Cases</i> by Nathan Englander, originally published in 2007. Nathan Englander is one of those writers who needs to write more because his books are always worth the time (all three of them). Like <i>Acts of Faith, The Ministry of Special Cases</i> was a novel that brought to life a specific time and place in my mind's eye. This novel is set during Argentina's Dirty War and swirls around a Jewish family in Buenos Aires. When their son becomes one of the disappeared (and this was a time when anti-government supporters were flown up in helicopters and then pushed it to fall to their deaths in the river below), a father and mother desperately seek relief and aid from the Ministry of Special Cases. It's a Kafka-esque hell of bureaucracy and futility. Fun times!<br />
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59. What do Rita Dove, Charles Wright, Mark Strand, J<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">orie Graham, John Irving, and James Tate have in common? That's right! They're all Pulitzer Prize winning poets who were taught by Donald Justice. Well, okay, if you're going to be picky, John Irving isn't </span></span><span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">a Pulitzer Prize winning poet but he was taught by Justice and clearly adored him (read <i>Hotel New Hampshire</i>). Where to start with Donald Justice is easy--start anywhere: </span></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Collected Poems</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> (2004) which was nominated for the National Book Award, <i>New and Collected Poems</i> (1996) which was nominated for Pulitzer. Justice, by the way, would win his Pulitzer in 1980; you think he's going to let everyone else collect one? Well, he probably didn't give much thought to these things, he was quiet, thoughtful, and incredibly modest. I will end with one of my favorite Justice poems, "On the Death of Friends in Childhood" which can be found in <i>Collected Poems </i></span></span></span></span><br />
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giannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081445853447575789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-31995093012504729902015-11-02T19:14:00.005-06:002015-11-02T19:14:38.206-06:00Knopf 100--Day 15It seems I'm in a dark book mood today.<br />
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<b>53. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Tokyo Year Zero</i> by David Peace, originally published in 2007. David Peace is a great mystery writer and this mystery is unlike anything else I've read. It's set the year after World War II ended, in a broken Japan. The country is bankrupt which means that the Tokyo police force is bankrupt. When a killer unleashes horrors on the city, a detective is hot on his trail. What's special, though, is Peace's stream of consciousness writing that captures the underworld terror of the city and its war worn residents. Things like the nagging itch of lice become focal points for the characters and reader.<br />
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<b>54. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">American Prometheus</i> by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, originally published in 2005. I'm admittedly obsessed with atomic culture and the historic impact of the bomb on the 20th Century. That culture all begins with J. Robert Oppenheimer, the subject of Bird and Sherwin's award winning biography <i>American Prometheus</i>. Here is Oppenheimer's story, from Communist sympathizer to father of the atomic bomb to moral conscience of the nuclear era. Oppenheimer is fascinating because of his scientific genius and ability to lead the Manhattan Project, but he's also intriguing for his affairs, political beliefs, and how the people who revered him after the war ultimately destroyed him several years later. Yes Gianna, I do have a crush on Oppenheimer. I'm not ashamed.<br />
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<b>55. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">In the Cut</i> by Susanna Moore, originally published in 1995. Ooh, creepy, gothic, erotic, serial killer novel! I have to include this book on the list, and I need to grab it before Gianna snatches it away from me. When a woman is murdered in her neighborhood, Franny, an academic with a love of precise language, becomes obsessed with the crime and her darker desires. She begins an affair with the detective on the case, and this book becomes a twist of language, sex, risky behaviors, and distrust.<br />
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<b>56. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">All the Pretty Horses</i> by Cormac McCarthy, originally published in 1992. <i>All the Pretty Horses</i> was my first experience reading Cormac McCarthy, when I "borrowed" a copy off my boyfriend's shelf. I don't know what I was expecting that night, but I doubt I expected to be so sucked into a book that I ignored everything else for the rest of the evening. The story follows John Grady Cole, a 16 year-old kid who, spurred by the death of his grandfather, sets off on horseback. Accompanied by a couple of friends, the boys venture into Mexico and encounter love, bandits, and the desert. This novel deserved the National Book Award that it won.<br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062604016084392129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-71362171128258720442015-11-01T18:21:00.005-06:002015-11-01T18:21:58.317-06:00Knopf 100--Day 14<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXh-9VNLV_Z6iMXSbH8L6strOx1_xNnRhnnhrxA-1UPWVQO1FUoObuDUXzIrs-UswFtudHhhfhMTLZlJNh8S25gO-VjgPPIFtAAXGdDqdyaBdHYzO_c34KErtWpIVAjml1Lte9Ujxdrrg/s1600/grossman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXh-9VNLV_Z6iMXSbH8L6strOx1_xNnRhnnhrxA-1UPWVQO1FUoObuDUXzIrs-UswFtudHhhfhMTLZlJNh8S25gO-VjgPPIFtAAXGdDqdyaBdHYzO_c34KErtWpIVAjml1Lte9Ujxdrrg/s200/grossman.jpg" width="134" /></a><b>49. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">To the End of the Land </i>by David Grossman, originally published in 2010. <i>To the End of the Land </i>is another example of Knopf seeking out and publishing novels from overseas, this time Israel. Addressing the threat of violence in that country that's combined with compulsory military service Grossman's story is one of grief, fear, and love. Ora is thrown into a tailspin when her son decides to reenlist in the army just as anti-Israeli tensions are flaring up again. Convinced that the worst is going to occur, she sets off on a pilgrimage, walking across the country. Joining her on the journey is an old friend and former lover, Avram, the man who as a soldier was captured and held as a POW years earlier during the Yom Kippur War. Avram is damaged by the experience. Walking together, they try to work through the fears in their heads and the horrors of the past. This is a great read, so if you own a copy and know Gianna, you might want to hid your book. Her recent posts suggest that thievery is her favorite pastime.<br />
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<b>51. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Children's Book</i> by A.S. Byatt, originally published in 2009. With <i>The Children's Book</i>, Booker Prize-winning author A.S. Byatt has written a novel set during one of my favorite periods, the end of Edwardian England and the time during World War I. I'm talking to you, <i>Downton Abbey </i>fans. There are a ton of characters here, but at the center is Olive Wellwood, the matriarch of a large family and writer of children's books. She writes one book for each of her seven offspring. Into the mix comes a runaway named Phillip; think Dickens meets J.M. Barrie to know that this twist was a guarantee. Anyway, through the stories of her children and the stories created for her children we get a picture of England as a whole.<br />
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plot twists along the way. It’s the story of the wife of a powerful and
philandering senator. His cheating is an open secret in Washington, but the
final straw for the wife comes when he sleeps with a friend of their daughters.
They separate but don’t divorce. She is unable to move on from him and they
eventually begin to have an affair of their own. They carry on like this until
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it made my best of list last year. Even if you’ve seen the HBO documentary that
is based on the book, make time in your schedule to read it. While it’s easy to
write off followers of Scientology as people who have been duped by a really
odd religion, what Larry Wright gets so write in this book is not only the
detailed history of Hubbard and Scientology, but the complete fraud the religion
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We Hardly</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><i> Knew You </i>was published</span><i>.</i> Critics would of course use this memoir as the reason she became such a pain in
the ass feminist...daddy issues. She attempts to unearth the man she never
really knew, a father who was distant, cold, and well…not all that interesting.
While reading, you can’t help but hope she and her father find something to
bond over, are able to repair the past and make amends, but that’s a fool's game
because Greer gives it all away on the first page when she makes it pretty
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48. What do you get when you introduce a strange dude with a
porn addiction to a housewife stuck in horrible marriage? That’s right, you get
a dark, funny, really smart, completely original, novel by one of the best
writers working today, A.L. Kennedy. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Original
Bliss</i> was the first book I read by Kennedy and to be honest, it was a bit
tough to get into; at that time I hadn’t read anything like it. This is, in the
end, a really sweet love story about two lonely people living on the fringes of
society. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
giannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081445853447575789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-36515421944657096272015-10-30T16:37:00.001-05:002015-10-30T16:37:41.761-05:00Knopf 100 -- Day 12<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwlwCgD5WZ6ikVZn0mGgNqT6F0lYU5A5-VP3syeYeVoW5NidOYoAAhtv4RItJ_XVMfC1a-d6lrn2eDtFVM81wxjfB3PrKQNnjr1k7BopDCnO6E34E0tB7qdIWwvwqDnyEmQrr4ZbR-3U/s1600/41JGP9HA18L._SX284_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwlwCgD5WZ6ikVZn0mGgNqT6F0lYU5A5-VP3syeYeVoW5NidOYoAAhtv4RItJ_XVMfC1a-d6lrn2eDtFVM81wxjfB3PrKQNnjr1k7BopDCnO6E34E0tB7qdIWwvwqDnyEmQrr4ZbR-3U/s200/41JGP9HA18L._SX284_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="120" /></a>41. Michael Kerr's <i>Dispatches</i> is widely considered to be the best work published on Vietnam (Liz wrote about this book earlier in the month). I went backwards, having started with Tim O'Brien's <i>If I Die in a Combat Zone Box Me Up and Ship Me Home</i> and <i>The Things They Carried</i>, then <i>A Rumor of War</i> by Philip Caputo, and then of course Neil Sheehan's stunning book, <i>A Bright Shining Lie</i>. By the time I read <i>Dispatches</i> I was pretty convinced I had read the best of what I should have read, but <i>Dispatches</i> is on another level. I do like how I came to it, maybe all out of order it worked for me. Knopf has continued publish important books on war, interesting what changes and what doesn't. <i>The Forever War by Dexter Filkins </i>and<i> Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran </i><i>are</i> both reminiscent of what Dispatches was able to convey, the insanity of it all.<i> Imperial Life</i> really blew me away, I highly recommend it if you haven't taken a look, it's a bit different from other books in the genre, but incredibly enlightening.<br />
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42. I am going to cheat a little bit on the next two books because I couldn't decide which of Mark <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gsdwNcdEK2aRW1tpwk-z4HqHWGfqJHBV9J8g_qME6eb0rgPgHMxDB7m8DiNsU3wUFqYP25v-qSIbfNidwf27-n9S02iEnUSqgwsP5dfKmHQ-4RI3FehDdOgoej5Ow4Pk6If_bsYAj18/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gsdwNcdEK2aRW1tpwk-z4HqHWGfqJHBV9J8g_qME6eb0rgPgHMxDB7m8DiNsU3wUFqYP25v-qSIbfNidwf27-n9S02iEnUSqgwsP5dfKmHQ-4RI3FehDdOgoej5Ow4Pk6If_bsYAj18/s200/Unknown.jpeg" width="141" /></a>Salzman's books to write about. When in a bind over choosing, choose both (that's how I wound up in a bigamist lifestyle but that's a story for another day). <i>Lying Awake</i> is one of my favorite novels; it just lends itself to endless conversation and thought. The plot hinges on a monastery nun, Sister John, who after some years of doubt over her path is given a gift of spiritual visions. These visions allow Sister John to produce volumes of verse, which become quite popular and help finance the monastery. After the visions, Sister John suffers cluster headaches and often passes out. Finally forced to seek medical treatment, it is revealed that she has been suffering from epileptic seizures, caused by a brain lesion which doctors feel can be treated successfully. Of course with the treatment the visions will end, and this is the choice Sister John is left with. This book is nearly perfect. Or maybe it is perfectly perfect. I love it and find myself talking about it often even after fifteen years.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvW0iWtlS_mXKfsbJQ00bDBWiNPvWJ4zYXDRv4mU4hjrn-IXuzXHyo3XPAqoFG3TYsnEwLqP_I2ncQDCLVrpbAPThOCTXYvv_a-buKGV1qQDfMuZqSHxYfxh0vzyeV0NLxIHxMKnQZuRY/s1600/Unknown-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvW0iWtlS_mXKfsbJQ00bDBWiNPvWJ4zYXDRv4mU4hjrn-IXuzXHyo3XPAqoFG3TYsnEwLqP_I2ncQDCLVrpbAPThOCTXYvv_a-buKGV1qQDfMuZqSHxYfxh0vzyeV0NLxIHxMKnQZuRY/s200/Unknown-1.jpeg" width="134" /></a>43. Mark Salzman's next book would be different, but then maybe not really. While trying to finish his follow up novel after <i>Lying Awake</i>, Salzman needed to research high risk youth and he wanted to get a realistic feel for young men in trouble. His good friend happened to teach a writing class at a detention center for boys at risk, so Mark went along and ended up being so moved that he also volunteered to teach a writing class. Mark met all the characters you would expect--the trouble makers, the young men who may never be able to turn their lives around, and the boys who are so likable but also so troubled. What is so moving is the care and passion these young men bring to their writing. It's gut wrenching, funny, hopeful, and of course although written a decade ago, brings us to recent political discussions about long overdue prison reform.<br />
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44. Because this post is sort of dark and possibly a bit of a downer (no, really), I want to include a bit of color, a bit of humor, so let's talk about Nora Ephron's neck. Her slim little collection of essays sort of turned the world on its head. <i>I Feel Bad About My Neck </i>solidified Ephron as one of America's smartest and best humorists. After Ephron's death Knopf published a fantastic volume, <i>The Most of Nora Ephron,</i> that not only includes classic essays, but the screenplay for <i>When Harry Met Sally</i>, everyone's favorite Ephron film (personally, I favor <i>Silkwood</i>, come on Cher and Meryl...it's the best). Also included are some pieces that Ephron wrote when she was starting out as a reporter, possibly the best part of this book because they are difficult if not impossible to find elsewhere. Should we all meet in my backyard and watch a double feature of <i>You've Got Mail</i> and <i>Sleepless in Seattle</i>? [The legal director of this blog recommends NEVER accepting an invitation to Gianna's house.]giannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081445853447575789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-39858776342800936172015-10-29T21:15:00.000-05:002015-10-29T21:15:08.726-05:00Knopf 100-- Day 11<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #43484a; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">37. Truth is, I could talk about Rick Bragg’s books forever. I am a
complete and total fool for his writing; he takes my breath away. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the sentence that did me in, just
a few pages into his first book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All Over
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could tell it, anyone who had a momma who went eighteen years without a new
dress so that her sons could have school clothes, who picked cotton in other
people's fields and ironed other people's clothes and cleaned the mess in other
people's houses, so that her children didn't have to live on welfare alone, so
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<span style="color: #43484a; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It’s hard to imagine a follow up memoir more beautiful,
emotional, or more personal than his first, but then Bragg wrote a ridiculously
gorgeous book about his maternal grandfather, Charlie Bundrum, who held together
his family bit by bit with any work he could get. Charlie could not read so he
asked his wife, Ava, to read the paper to him every day so he would not be
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38. I read <i>The Postman Always Rings Twice</i> when I was probably fifteen or sixteen years old. It was not only my introduction to noir and crime novels, but light S&M. While I don't read crime novels that much anymore....just kidding, I still love love crime novels! What I love about this book is that the pace is both deliberate but manages a thriller tempo keeping you turning the pages. I guess the same can be said about S&M, you'd have to ask Liz. This may be the one novel that has a film adaptation (or in this case a handful of adaptations) that I haven't seen. I also haven't seen the stage adaptation starring Val Kilmer. Life is unfair, I guess.<br />
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39. <i>Self Help</i> by Lorrie Moore was probably one of the first books I read as an official adult (thanks Glenwood, Illinois, Public Library, sorry about the overdue fines I never paid). Published when I was a mature eighteen year old (no), I read this while slacking off at the animal hospital where I worked after school. I think this was my introduction into smart funny literary books, It also made me a lifelong fan of Lorrie Moore (and I am pretty sure she feels the same way about me). So Liz and I don't get in a big fight, I will leave it to her to write about Moore's masterpiece, <i>Birds of America. </i>You're welcome, Liz.<br />
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40. My favorite book of 2003 and certainly on my list of best collections of stories that I've ever read, <i>How to Breath Underwater </i>by Julie Orringer<i> </i>succeeds on every level for me. The stories are smart, unusual in theme (certainly a decade ago), modern, dark, and beautifully written. The introductory story, "Pilgrims" will floor you, and if you are female you most certainly will identify, at least in part to "Note to Sixth Grade Self." I love this collection and have a feeling Orringer will make the Knopf 100 blog again with her novel, <i>The Invisible Bridge </i>which both Liz and I loved.<br />
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giannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081445853447575789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-57036475880616053772015-10-28T22:11:00.002-05:002015-10-28T22:11:58.138-05:00Knopf 100--Day 10Nobel, anyone? Knopf is the home for a ton of Nobel Prize winning authors, and here are four books from this illustrious group.<br />
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<b>33. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Fifth Child</i> by Doris Lessing, originally published in 1988. Check this out. It's the film clip of when Doris Lessing found out she won the Nobel Prize for Literature.<br />
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"Oh Christ!" <i>The Fifth Child</i> probably isn't her most famous book, but it's one I loved. It's no secret that I like creepy, gothic reads that dismantle families, though. The premise is that a happy couple have brought four children into the world and created an ideal familial life in '60's Britain. Then they have Ben, baby #5, and their world unravels. Ben's not a cute baby or kid. He eats everything and he's abnormally strong. He's not the child they wanted or expected. The other kids are scared of him and his parents are appalled. What happens when you can't love your child, even when the child is an innocent? Good stuff.<br />
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<b>34. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Beloved</i> by Toni Morrison, originally published in 1987. This is the second Toni Morrison novel we've included on our list, but so what? TM is terrific. You know what's fun? Walking up to strangers and croak-whispering "Beeeeloooooovveddd" like it was uttered in the movie. I love doing that. Anyway, <i>Beloved</i>, considered Morrison's best work, is the story of Sethe, a former slave living in Ohio who can't escape her memories of the atrocities of her past or the unnamed daughter she lost, whose tombstone simply reads "beloved." This novel twists up your insides, a sign of narrative genius.<br />
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<b>35. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage</i> by Alice Munro, originally published in 2001. Alice Munro is the greatest living short story writer, and I could have picked any of her books to feature in this spot. I chose <i>Hateship</i> in part because it's received attention from Hollywood with several film adaptations. Remember that devastating and beautiful movie called <i>Away From Her</i>, about a man whose Alzheimer's impacted wife develops a romance in her assisted living facility because she no longer remembers she's married, and he must deal with the loss and her found happiness with another man? The movie starred Julie Christie and she was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal. That movie was based on one of the stories in this collection. Munro writes about relationships and the human drama of daily living. She's one of my two pretend-Canadian-grandmas.<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">36. Love in the Time of Cholera</i> by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, originally published in 1988. The godfather of magical realism, it's an honor to say that I work for the publisher of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I haven't read all of his books, but I am a fan of <i>Love in the Time of Cholera</i>, among others. The story here is that a couple declare their love when they're young, but she ultimately decides to marry a doctor. He, on the other hand, goes the other direction and has affairs. LOTS of affairs. Over six hundred affairs. Dude keeps busy. After fifty years, though, the doctor finally dies and our oversexed hero finally has his opportunity to <strike>spread a venereal disease</strike> declare his undying love once more.<br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062604016084392129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-51576516312507215342015-10-27T21:43:00.000-05:002015-10-27T21:43:03.909-05:00Knopf 100--Day 9I'm watching the World Series and the Fox Sports coverage and commentators have me thinking about the pros and cons of sports broadcasting-related suicidal fantasies, so I'm distracting myself by <br />
updating le blog. Hey look, we're almost a third of the way through our 100 title tribute for Knopf's 100th Anniversary.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQPynyZXyCX7-VrfDQe-3Qoh5cZbn7TBZNL-ssF97xKqJFBkH2YoGLl_8bs4vS5y7rRDkm3u6WcXOutXucPZ3cqxazb3dP-NQltRv9UmxUTb8ch22IPWDyuVjsFQt4E2LmVOshBTEt6k/s1600/arthur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQPynyZXyCX7-VrfDQe-3Qoh5cZbn7TBZNL-ssF97xKqJFBkH2YoGLl_8bs4vS5y7rRDkm3u6WcXOutXucPZ3cqxazb3dP-NQltRv9UmxUTb8ch22IPWDyuVjsFQt4E2LmVOshBTEt6k/s200/arthur.jpg" width="123" /></a><b>29. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Arthur & George</i> by Julian Barnes, originally published in 2006. First, I think Julian Barnes is one of the best living novelists out there. The snooty literary people love him because he's a wordsmith and plays with form. Everyone can read him too, though, as he doesn't get so lost in the craft of writing to neglect things like plot. For example: <i>Arthur & George</i>. Barnes's historical fiction takes Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes and a gentleman obsessed with 19th Century mysticism (seances and the like), is the Arthur of the title. George is an immigrant outsider with poor people skills who's been an outsider his whole life, so when some animals turn up mutilated, instead of blaming space aliens like we do in these modern times, the villagers blamed George. Arthur hears about George's plight and decides that he can play Sherlock Holmes and solve the case himself. The characters are addictive and flawed.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzxmHHKb-rx7poJwGqXkMY591FdtkbKjxkn1Bk2o_VKhoFwkBEXKUQcMSAcIQFcoLGVQ5xt-vRNpHYbvoFIVfuQUuTQFuiv8142zUet5MxRswBeVMAzGFGyrNUScStmOXQaxrSONM6RQ/s1600/swamplandia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzxmHHKb-rx7poJwGqXkMY591FdtkbKjxkn1Bk2o_VKhoFwkBEXKUQcMSAcIQFcoLGVQ5xt-vRNpHYbvoFIVfuQUuTQFuiv8142zUet5MxRswBeVMAzGFGyrNUScStmOXQaxrSONM6RQ/s200/swamplandia.jpg" width="128" /></a><b>30. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Swamplandia! </i>by Karen Russell, originally published in 2011. If you're one of the dozen fans of this blog, you know that Gianna and I LOOOOOOOVE Karen Russell. Remember when we interviewed her? Let's all revisit that <a href="http://lizandgianna.blogspot.com/2013/04/generally-horrible-questions-karen.html">post</a>, as it's arguably the pinnacle achievement of our bloggish efforts (slightly above a recent keyword search of "how to text flirt with a girl" that somehow led to this literary hub of intellectual geniuses). <i>Swamplandia! </i>was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and one of my favorite books. It's a quirky novel about a family running a tourist theme park attraction in swampy Florida, but the park has fallen on hard times since the mother and alligator wrestler died. Ava, the youngest of three kids, is the focal point of the novel as her family unravels and the weirdness of the swamp closes in. I think of this novel as the collapse of the American Dream and it's one of the few books I've reread.<br />
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<b>32. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son</i> by Kent Russell, originally published in 2015. Since I mentioned Karen Russell, we should also mention her brother and his essay collection that is one of the more delightful books I've read this year. These Russells are such excellent oddities. Kent Russell's book is a series of essays exploring manhood and how to define "manhood" when he isn't following in his father's and grandfather's military service. Kent chronicles a series of tough guy-esque encounters, from a Juggalo convention, to visiting the guy who lives on the island where Captain Bligh was abandoned after the mutiny on The Bounty, to spending a weekend with a guy who in inoculating himself to snake venom has decided to be bitten by five poisonous snakes in one weekend. It's freaky. Kent Russell is a talented writer and I'm eager to read what he writes next...as long as it doesn't involve snakes. I don't like the snakes. I had nightmares.<br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062604016084392129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-67079693030308785182015-10-26T21:10:00.000-05:002015-10-26T21:10:00.525-05:00Knopf 100--Day 8Every now and then a book sings to me. I like a lot of books, but a few rise into a different category, the books that make me happy that I get to work with books everyday. Here are a few of the books that mean the most to me.<br />
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<b>28. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Trial </i>by Franz Kafka, originally published in 1937. Okay, so as much as I loved the history classes I took in college, that's how much I hated the foreign language requirement. I could passably translate on paper the German I slogged through for four semesters, but the speaking part still gives me nightmares. Sprechen Sie Deutsch? NEIN. (I don't even know anymore if that's proper German grammar.) Anyway, in the third and fourth semesters we began reading texts that were pulled from actual German books. The one I remember most vividly was a section of <i>The Trial </i>by Franz Kafka. There was this guy at this door and he couldn't go through the door or wouldn't? Try making sense of this story when you aren't even sure you know the words. I went back and read the English translation of the novel to figure out what the hell was happening. Kafka's work is one of those classics you should read in order to understand the futility of bureaucracy and also so you sound intelligent in parties...not that I attend parties. <br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062604016084392129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-38700001681375888342015-10-25T18:53:00.000-05:002015-10-25T18:53:09.611-05:00Knopf 100--Day 7Hollywood owes a ton to Knopf publishing. Even though the press is mostly thought of in terms of numbers of Nobel laureates and prestige, Alfred and the subsequent editors loved the dark and stormy nights. Since it's rained for two straight days in Austin, indulging in the noir seems appropriate today. (Note on the list: I've added numbers to Gianna's picks from yesterday, so we're now up to #21.)<br />
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<b>21. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Maltese Falcon</i> by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in 1931. No Knopf? No Hammett. No Humphrey Bogart (possibly a stretch). Dashiell Hammett was a house author for Knopf, so I just plucked one of his novels off the list. A bird statue with a fortune, a dead partner, cops, dames, and the wise cracking Sam Spade made <i>The Maltese Falcon</i> a huge hit. If you've seen the movie, read the book. It's exactly what you'd want it to be.<br />
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<b>23. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">My Life in France</i> by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme, originally published in 2006. If you saw <i>Julie & Julia</i>, you quickly realized that Julie Powell was a self-consumed whiner and Julia Child is the mother of all culinary bad asses. The Julia Child parts of that film were based on <i>My Life in France</i>. Julia Child--tall woman, OSS spy, no nonsense destroyer of snooty sexist French chefs, and queen of the French/American kitchen--is larger than life, and one should read her stories of France directly from the star of the show.<br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062604016084392129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-90552100353242294332015-10-24T14:14:00.000-05:002015-10-25T18:12:28.739-05:00Knopf 100 Day 6<div class="MsoNormal">
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to come out of Florida was the snake that ate an alligator video; these four
authors were introduced to me in while I lived in that big ole lug of a state. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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she was done with her panel and signing at the Miami Book Fair and asked her if
she wanted to go see Joyce Carol Oates. She’s not dumb so we walked over to see
JCO and then Edwidge ditched me. Forever. Haven’t seen her since. I believe two
things to be true to this day; one, she never would have found the JCO panel
without me, and Danticat gets better with each book. She truly does. Last
year's <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Claire of the Sea of Light</i> just
blew me away, and the <i>The Dew Breaker</i> and <i>Brother I’m Dying</i> are simply two of the best
books you’ll ever read. If you’re a Junot Diaz fan and have not discovered
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saved my life. Too dramatic? Well, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Anywhere
but Here</i> certainly made me realize that I wanted to work with books. It was
given to me by my best friend Lulu (I actually ‘borrowed’ and never returned
it). At that time, it was the book I had most identified with, and it made me feel,
well, not so alone. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for that fantastic
book, but she has written so many good books after it<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, Off Keck Road</i> being my favorite. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Books & Books (where I was twice not hired) and it spoiled me for any other
travel writer. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Falling off the Map: Some
Lonely Places of The World</i> was probably the first travel writing book I’d
ever read, and it’s still one of my favorites. Pico explores some of the most
isolated places on the planet including North Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba; some
are isolated due to politics others due to geography (Iceland, Bhutan). I also
highly recommend <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Lady and the Monk</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sun After Dark</i>. Iyer has written
about one million books and essays so it’s hard to keep up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will be the second time in this post where I mention basically stealing a book.
Let me say this though, I was very poor when I lived in Florida. And this was
pre-library Florida, so books were very difficult to come by (look it up if you
don’t believe me!). Anyway, I once again borrowed a book. This time it was from a
party I wasn’t exactly invited to, now that I think about it. On the other hand
and in my defense…I was never invited to parties. Maybe because of the book
stealing. Anyway the book in this particular thievery was <i>The </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Remains of the Day</i> by the great Kazuo Ishiguro. Oh my god how I
loved that book, and still love that book. I did return the book to the rightful
owner who was a woman twice my age, had zero patience for me, and said she
didn’t remember “lending me a book or inviting me to her party.” Guess she had
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giannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081445853447575789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-54339658057037057982015-10-23T16:49:00.002-05:002015-10-23T16:50:46.305-05:00Knopf 100--Day 5<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeM3t7zpmaKSd7hY3IDerlSwKuUpzLJz6O3gdAL0hyphenhyphenREsLefjrNrX2kdguxiMBlvb7BbiSW6KTwIc6olykLquwJtGLk3Nu_tgtFJJyouWmwkFGMZydnn8DGShqu44wCcQtei3KwO5_eK4/s1600/art+of+prestige.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeM3t7zpmaKSd7hY3IDerlSwKuUpzLJz6O3gdAL0hyphenhyphenREsLefjrNrX2kdguxiMBlvb7BbiSW6KTwIc6olykLquwJtGLk3Nu_tgtFJJyouWmwkFGMZydnn8DGShqu44wCcQtei3KwO5_eK4/s200/art+of+prestige.jpg" width="132" /></a>I've been thumbing through this book that lists every Knopf publication for its 100 years of existence. It's probably not natural to have such a geeky nerd fandom relationship with a book publisher. I do think that if I tried I could list 1,000 Knopf titles instead of 100. Maybe when we're done with the 100, I'll give it a shot. In the mean time, I should give a shout out to a book called <i>The Art of Prestige</i> by Amy Root Clements. It's not a Knopf publication, but it is a history of the founding of the venerable publishing house. Alfred A. Knopf may have been the founder and leader, but his wife Blanche was the bad ass. The Knopfs were champions of many works in translation and most of these publications were Blanche's finds.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHlTmt-hNPE46M6lBucsbGjlPB3s-SpnSA-te_OShiGlig1oSsb2Wtjo-QL77u1Y73WAOYqGGbttgothj5isCfeXH0UZ5K7JVyentZk56oYDIOLlXLd3y9-lu04nvbAwuTdMoIfLPA3I/s1600/embers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHlTmt-hNPE46M6lBucsbGjlPB3s-SpnSA-te_OShiGlig1oSsb2Wtjo-QL77u1Y73WAOYqGGbttgothj5isCfeXH0UZ5K7JVyentZk56oYDIOLlXLd3y9-lu04nvbAwuTdMoIfLPA3I/s200/embers.jpg" width="133" /></a><b>13. <i>Embers</i></b> by Sandor Marai, originally published in 2001. <i>Embers</i> is one of those rediscovered classics of literature, a short novel from Hungarian novelist Sandor Marai. In it, an old general sits in his castle with a special guest for the evening, his once closest friend. The two men have been estranged for four decades and the falling out involves the general's deceased wife. You just know that they are going to have so much fun together! I bet they braid each other's hair and try on each other's jackets (they do not). <i>Embers</i> is all about the taut, heated exchange and harsh accusation. It might be the feel good read of the century.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8onHqvTvirsn3YM0NrH_K76Z5BogSEUCFkg-MHoLb8oui3JYpI24TB75fbcalBme2pzjOUIxjoonJPrIsoBWESgB2_bGoafW-1MDUhmy6uEQs6Ffi0Nc-O3_jHluWmnvk3sEgonVqwQ/s1600/room+with+a+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8onHqvTvirsn3YM0NrH_K76Z5BogSEUCFkg-MHoLb8oui3JYpI24TB75fbcalBme2pzjOUIxjoonJPrIsoBWESgB2_bGoafW-1MDUhmy6uEQs6Ffi0Nc-O3_jHluWmnvk3sEgonVqwQ/s200/room+with+a+view.jpg" width="190" /></a><b>14. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">A Room with a View</i> by E.M. Forster, originally published in 1923. Forster is a personal favorite of mine, including this gem. Lucy Honeychurch <br />
is off to Florence for vacation and adventure (or as much adventure as a proper young lady of Edwardian England is allowed to have), accompanied by her, ahem, <i>delightful</i> older cousin and chaperone, Charlotte. If I remember correctly, Maggie Smith began perfecting her cranky old dowager persona with the role of Charlotte in the film version. While in Florence, Lucy meets George Emerson, the man who graciously swapped hotel rooms with Lucy and Charlotte after Charlotte through a hissy over her lack of a view. Lucy and George then dance around each other for pretty much the rest of the book, both in Italy and England, as Forster plays with social class and expectations thrust upon "proper" young people.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonj2gCvMZh_0O4yLwvnfdJEp0xeshTpOpTvsFR1ojt8w4WJWJJC_yycBD_84dBgDD5yLrT5g5Rc5LAytyHUBWNOuMK0I1QtEEQS8DtDZuXAEO01M2qMY-8UAjNQy8Sb0N9bUTimecjUA/s1600/boat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonj2gCvMZh_0O4yLwvnfdJEp0xeshTpOpTvsFR1ojt8w4WJWJJC_yycBD_84dBgDD5yLrT5g5Rc5LAytyHUBWNOuMK0I1QtEEQS8DtDZuXAEO01M2qMY-8UAjNQy8Sb0N9bUTimecjUA/s200/boat.jpg" width="140" /></a><b>15. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Boat</i> by Nam Le, originally published in 2008. There are short story collections from unknown writers and then there's <i>The Boat. </i>These seven stories span the globe, from a Colombian drug cartel to immigrants on a boat in the South China Sea, to a partly humorous, partly tense story about a writer named Nam enrolled in the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop and anxious over the impending visit of his somewhat estranged father. Nam Le, I love you. When will you write more for me?<br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11062604016084392129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912778073566173718.post-18774492646821062852015-10-22T16:05:00.002-05:002015-10-22T16:05:41.745-05:00Knopf 100--Day 4Yesterday Gianna talked about books she binge read that were published by Knopf. I second her binge-reading of the Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith. If you liked the movie version of <i>The Talented Mr. Ripley</i>, you'll LOVE the Ripley stories as a whole.<br />
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Back to our list of 100 Knopf books for the 100th anniversary of the esteemed publisher:<br />
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<b>9. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Me: Stories of my Life</i> by Katharine Hepburn, originally published in 1991. I don't think I'd ever seen a single Katharine Hepburn movie when I read this book. It was one I found in the stack beside my mother's bed when I was in high school and was desperate for any books of any kind. I knew Hepburn was an actress but that was it.<i>Me</i> turned out to be the best kind of celebrity memoir--thoughtful, juicy, and about a life and career worthy of a full book. In the years since I've seen some of Hepburn's movies and I'm really good at Hepburn questions playing Trivial Pursuit even if I still haven't seen <i>Adam's Rib. </i><br />
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<b>10. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Dispatches</i> by Michael Herr, originally published in 1977. <i>Dispatches </i>is the war reportage book to which all subsequent ones are compared. Michael Herr's reports about the Vietnam War brought to life the conflict and the humanity (and inhumanity) of what was then America's most controversial war. I originally read <i>Dispatches</i> for a college class, but twenty years later I still refer to it when I'm asked for a recommendation about the war.<br />
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<b>11. </b><i><b>The Looming Tower</b> </i>by Lawrence Wright, originally published in 2006. You want gripping nonfiction that's also impeccably researched? Read <i>The Looming Tower</i>. This is the history of Al-Qaeda from its inception and leading up to the 9-11 attacks, and it's chilling. Who was Osama bin Laden? Where did Al-Qaeda come from? Want a better understanding of extremism and the current state of the Middle East? Read <i>The Looming Tower</i>. Lawrence Wright is a really great writer and there are multiple "holy shit!" moments in this book. It's no wonder it won the Pulitzer Prize.<br />
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Before there was Netflix we binge-read authors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Personally, I have a pretty rich history of
binge reading, which started when I would steal my mother’s books out of her
room--Michael Crichton, John Le Carre,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>and Patricia Highsmith to name a few. I found Anne Rice on my own, but
she was well into the Vampire Chronicles by the time found her. To this day in
fact, both of my parents read mystery/thrillers, but I find that I don’t read
them that much these days. A shame because its sort of how I fell in love with
books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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only lived a few more years he could have had given us all an epic “I told you
so!” I base this on one book and one book alone: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Congo</i>. I read this little gem thirty years ago, so while my memory
is foggy on the full plot, what sticks is that the novel has gorillas (or a
gorilla hybrid if that makes you feel better) killing humans. Just killing them
to death. No tears, just killing them with obvious plans to take over the
world. The main gorilla (the good gorilla…of course isn’t that what all
gorillas want you to think?) communicates with humans and then saves them from
the other vicious hybrid gorillas. Yea, something about diamonds in this book
too, but it’s the thought of highly intelligent gorillas killing people that
sticks with a kid. Also, I am certain gorillas, monkeys, chimps…we will be
answering to them very soon (did you know that Liz is terrified of monkeys and such?). I think I read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Andromeda
Strain, Eaters of the Dead</i>, and maybe <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Terminal
Man</i>. Later I would read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Timeline</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Micro</i> (which I just loved), but I
have for whatever reason, never read <i>Jurassic Park</i> (or <i>The Lost World</i>),
something I am just now realizing. If you read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Martian</i>, go back and read Michael Crichton, it’s all science
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I once spent an entire summer in Florida reading Anne Rice
novels (indoors, about 100 yards from the beach). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Florida has many things to entice a twenty
something and really that’s the way it should be: sun, booze, more sun,
volleyball, more booze, a bonfire, a girl fight, police are called, and then more
alcohol. All of this on the beach! Anyway, I stayed indoors and read four Anne
Rice novels. I saw the film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Interview
with a Vampire </i>and thought gosh, I wonder if the books are this good! Joke.
I must have started in on the books in the mid 1990’s because <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Memnoch the Devil</i> had just come out.
That summer I read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Interview with the
Vampire, Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned</i>, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tale of the Body Thief</i> (which I accidentally read half of before a
librarian hipped me to the fact that I skipped Damned so I had to go back. I
was as angry as a book nerd could be). I always think I will re-read this
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tom Ripley came into
my life in the same way so many good things come to me, via Matt Damon. I saw
the trailer for the movie and immediately went out and bought <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Talented Mr. Ripley</i>. By the time I
saw the film about a month later I had read, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ripley Underground, Ripley’s Game</i> (my favorite of the five), and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Boy Who Followed Ripley</i>. I didn’t
read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ripley Under Water</i> until a few
years ago after I read a biography of Highsmith (she’s a Texan by the way, and
that cancels out Ted Cruz). I need to go back and read that Highsmith lesbian
novel all the kids are talking about, but I digress from Knopf. <o:p></o:p></div>
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was must have been in 8<sup>th</sup> or 9<sup>th</sup> grade and most likely
looking for something as “interesting” as this seemed to promise. I’m still
sort of like that when perusing shelves, always looking for something “interesting.”
I found myself terribly disappointed by the lack of filthy sex and stopped
reading after about fifty pages. A couple of years later however, well, more
like twenty years later, I binge read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy</i>, and <i>The </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Russia House</i>.
What made me go back to John LeCarre? You guessed it…Michelle Pfeiffer. Gosh, I
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