Saturday, November 26, 2011
One Trick Pony
Saw this in my New York Review of Books a couple weeks back. I wonder if he gets tied of writing about whales. It seems like most of his other books are also boating related.
Went to the movies...
and guess what I saw.
It's already getting paned by fans of the book. I'll still watch it though. If you've never read the book, go to the library today and pick it up! (or download it, etc.)
It's already getting paned by fans of the book. I'll still watch it though. If you've never read the book, go to the library today and pick it up! (or download it, etc.)
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Kindle Lending Library
Amazon.com has introduced its new 'library' for Kindle owners. Before you sign-up, however, I suggest you read the following article.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/11/kindle-lending-library/
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/11/kindle-lending-library/
November Book of the Month: Plan B and Jonathan Tropper
via goodreads.com
Turning thirty was never supposed to be like this. Ten years ago, Ben, Lindsey, Chuck, Alison, and Jack graduated from New York University and went out into the world, fresh-faced and full of dreams for the future. But now Ben's getting a divorce; Lindsey's unemployed; Alison and Chuck seem stuck in ruts of their own making; and Jack is getting more publicity for his cocaine addiction than his multimillion-dollar Hollywood successes.
Suddenly, turning thirty-- past the age their parents were when they were born, older than every current star athlete or pop music sensation-- seems to be both more meaningful and less than they'd imagined ten years ago.
Jonathan Tropper's wonderful debut novel is about more than friendship, love, celebrity, addiction, kidnapping, or even turning thirty-- it's a heartfelt comic riff on what it means to be an adult against your will, to be single when you thought you'd have a family, to discover you are not, in fact, immortal, and to learn that Star Wars is as good a life lesson today as it was when you were six years old.
Turning thirty was never supposed to be like this. Ten years ago, Ben, Lindsey, Chuck, Alison, and Jack graduated from New York University and went out into the world, fresh-faced and full of dreams for the future. But now Ben's getting a divorce; Lindsey's unemployed; Alison and Chuck seem stuck in ruts of their own making; and Jack is getting more publicity for his cocaine addiction than his multimillion-dollar Hollywood successes.
Suddenly, turning thirty-- past the age their parents were when they were born, older than every current star athlete or pop music sensation-- seems to be both more meaningful and less than they'd imagined ten years ago.
Jonathan Tropper's wonderful debut novel is about more than friendship, love, celebrity, addiction, kidnapping, or even turning thirty-- it's a heartfelt comic riff on what it means to be an adult against your will, to be single when you thought you'd have a family, to discover you are not, in fact, immortal, and to learn that Star Wars is as good a life lesson today as it was when you were six years old.
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