reading reading reading

for the 50bookchallenge:

no. 36 ~ The Law of Dreams by peter behrens. fergus flees from the potato famine in ireland. and flees. and flees. and seems to get a lot of stanky. and flees. there's stuff to admire here: a well-turned phrase or two, but overall the writing is pretentious and redundant. it aspires to something really profound, but as the last few pages creaked over in my hands, i expected nothing would happen to the very end and i wasn't disappointed. the pointlessness of fergus's romances was particularly aggravating. grrrr. behrens has published in the atlantic monthly, so let that be your yardstick. i give it not only thumbs down, but i'm annoyed that i wasted my time.

i'm so sorry moo ~ seems like we usually like each other's recos much more than this. at least i got to read something different.

: o p

i have a ton of other books to list here that i mostly read for research. i've prolly tipped the 50 mark, but it will take a me a while to corral them.



a family during the famine (1845-49)