Monthly Archives: July 2009

The Stand – A Review

The Stand by Stephen King My review rating: 4 of 5 starsGreat book. King knows how to write a very good yarn: his characters are well-defined, sympathetic, and believable. He also knows how to draw you into the story, into the world. He provides enough detail, but not too much. And he’s never boring. At

You Want How Much for That Article?

So this afternoon I stumbled across the beginning of an essay by Jonathan Franzen that I really wanted to read in full. The academy as nursing home for terminally ill arts: better that the novel die with honor in the gutter than enter those gates, where candy-striped theorists will offer it the illusion of warmth