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To be truthful, I don't understand all the fuss about this book. The characters are distinguished by their unlikeability, and the plot is cliched almost to the point of being empty. There are a few amusing and well-drawn vignettes of contemporary life, but these were not enough for me.
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Yes, it starts slowly--no argument there. By the time I got halfway through the book, I was hooked. This is the first book that ever got me so engrossed that I missed my bus stop while reading it.
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What ho! Hugh Laurie is the perfect Bertie Wooster (in fact, I can't watch him in House without wondering when Jeeves is going to get him out of a jam).
The first season satys pretty close to the original stories, so Wodehouse purists will not be disappointed.
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Four years of war seem to define the United States more than any other historical era. Our politics, our culture, our society have either been shaped by the Civil War, or are a reaction to it. The gray states have turned to red states, but the divisions are no less real than they were in the 1860s.
Tony Horwitz has done an excellent job of exploring, if not explaining, the aftershocks of the war. His own fascination with the subject lets him report without irony, even when the subjects of his reportage are downright bizarre. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the impact of historical myth.
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The Ask by Sam Lipsyte
RBHolb, July 8, 2010
To be truthful, I don't understand all the fuss about this book. The characters are distinguished by their unlikeability, and the plot is cliched almost to the point of being empty. There are a few amusing and well-drawn vignettes of contemporary life, but these were not enough for me.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
Quicksilver: Volume One of The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson
RBHolb, February 13, 2007
Yes, it starts slowly--no argument there. By the time I got halfway through the book, I was hooked. This is the first book that ever got me so engrossed that I missed my bus stop while reading it.(9 of 21 readers found this comment helpful)
Jeeves & Wooster Complete 1ST Season
RBHolb, November 3, 2006
What ho! Hugh Laurie is the perfect Bertie Wooster (in fact, I can't watch him in House without wondering when Jeeves is going to get him out of a jam).The first season satys pretty close to the original stories, so Wodehouse purists will not be disappointed.
(9 of 15 readers found this comment helpful)
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz
RBHolb, October 31, 2006
Four years of war seem to define the United States more than any other historical era. Our politics, our culture, our society have either been shaped by the Civil War, or are a reaction to it. The gray states have turned to red states, but the divisions are no less real than they were in the 1860s.Tony Horwitz has done an excellent job of exploring, if not explaining, the aftershocks of the war. His own fascination with the subject lets him report without irony, even when the subjects of his reportage are downright bizarre. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the impact of historical myth.
(21 of 36 readers found this comment helpful)