Friday, November 30th, 2007...9:09 am
A brief review of the first 25 pages of Ian McEwan’s Booker nominated “Atonement”:
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Like Margaret Drabble, except boring.
I think I might make this a regular feature. Five word book reviews welcome in comments!
22 Comments
November 30th, 2007 at 9:49 am
heh.
I haven’t read a book in about a century but can I perhaps give you a micro review of the DVD Lauren Canyon, which I somehow persisted with until the end?
“Crap but god, I heart Frances McDormand”.
November 30th, 2007 at 9:59 am
The Bible:
Great start; half-time slump
November 30th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Oh! i like ian mcEwan tho must admit i haven’t read Atonement…and most of his books do blend into one after a while.
November 30th, 2007 at 10:38 am
what was that parliamentary cheesecak photo I saw in your sidebar a moment ago?
November 30th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
The Waves by Virginia Wolf: “I erred in buying this.”
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly: “Worst. Book. Ever. Italics, italics.”
November 30th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Philip Roth’s “Everyman”:
It’s time to go … Philip”
November 30th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Ice station – matthew riley
Dreadful. Bet you finished it.
December 1st, 2007 at 9:15 am
The Glass Bead Game (H. Hesse)
‘What are the rules again?’
December 2nd, 2007 at 9:07 am
“Please Don’t Come Back From the Moon” by Dean Bakapoulous
This book is kinda perfect.
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Stonement dull, balloon one excellent.
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:25 am
The Lost Dog – Michelle De Krester
“Fab jacket, even fabber writing”
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:58 am
Silent Death (the Julie Ramage murder story) by Karen Kissane
It’s obvious, imitating Helen Garner.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:00 am
Forest Wars by Judith Adjani
Fibrous, but good for you.
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:33 am
“Dreadful. Bet you finished it.”
# Absolutely. I was helplessly appalled.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:18 pm
“Infinite Jest” – about half right.
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Ony five words? Can do.
“Pale Fire” False but accurate.
“Moby Dick” Taking on water.
“Metamorphisis” It grew on me.
“Hamlet” Making my mind up.
“Gormenghast” Impossibly built to last.
“Angels and Insects” Awful fucking.
“Dracula” Not more bloody letters.
“Ulysses” Mapteary pollenuating hitten myth.
“The Dice Man” Rolls along.
“On The Road” Like endlessly.
“Dune” More sand than spice.
“Black Mischief” Funny white prick.
“Harlot’s Ghost” A haunting masterpiece.
“The Hobbit” Furry clay feet.
“Treasure Island” Yo ho ho.
“Vineland” Hiding in the woods.
“Wuthering Heights” Take me away.
“A Dance To The Music Of Time” Far too bloody long.
December 4th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Slow to start. Disappointing ending.
December 4th, 2007 at 10:34 am
Any of Bryce Courtenay’s books:
Happy Mother’s Day, Merry Christmas
December 5th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
‘Heart of Darkness’ Joseph Conrad:
More heads on sticks, kthxbye
December 11th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Tommy Harris’ part the (barely) third, “Hannibal”.
“All fava beans. No chianti.”
January 14th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
This blog: Entertaining but mighty sparse
January 28th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
After 25 years in London
author (and my linksPal )
Thats So Pants.blogspot.com/ is on
her way back to Aus via India where …
“What India lacks in wildlife, it makes up for in literati. I found myself in Jaipur in the middle of a free literary festival. That such a thing exists is alarming enough. How on earth do they exploit the book buying public in India? It’s a mystery. I’d previously mentioned that Gore Vidal would be present, but it wasn’t until the next morning at breakfast that I discovered a free
screening of Atonement was to be shown,
followed by a Question and Answer session
with Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton
(who’d just been nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay).
Regular readers may recall that I thought enough of the movie to write a favourable review back when it first opened.”
… and her blog has a happy snap of the 2 men looking genuinely friendly.
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