Madeline

NYT’s 2010 list is out! Yay.

Review of Susie Linfield’s The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence

Mockingjay-induced headache. That’s what I have.

Essay from the New York Times Book Review

Why must we assume that any one book (let alone any one work of fiction) is the ultimate authority on an entire culture? It’s absurd. I’ve never read The Good Earth, partly for this reason.

Mockingjay, dystopian fiction for teens, etc.

At Powell’s in Portland, Mr. Larsson’s books are selling so quickly — at least 1,500 a week — that the store’s grateful employees have given them a nickname. “We call them ‘The Girl Who’s Paying Our Salaries for the Next Few Months,’ ” said Gerry Donaghy, the new-book purchasing supervisor.