Comments on: Still More Mixed Reviews

By: Baby Got Books » New Yorker 20 Under 40

Baby Got Books » New Yorker 20 Under 40 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:02:44 +0000

[...] Chris Adrian (The Children’s Hospital) [...]

By: Collin Kelley

Collin Kelley — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:59:14 +0000

Thanks for giving Ian McNulty’s “A Season of Night” another push. I enjoyed the book and had the pleasure of meeting him last year when he read at Wordsmiths. It’s a well-written account of Katrina. I highly recommend it.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:38:12 +0000

I thought Children’s Hospital was fascinating, but was also left feeling like I missed so much of it. I’ve been forcing friends to read it for the past year, just so I can discuss it with someone. Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to read it again someday, but it’s quite an undertaking.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:17:43 +0000

Flava: It reads as though Katrina was the same… but different. There was no one around for months when he was in his house.

Kerry: Didja tell ‘em BGB sent ya?

By: Kerry

Kerry — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:03:15 +0000

Book is bought. I work quickly. It was discounted though, and I don’t know whether to feel guilt or triumph about that.

By: flavawheel1

flavawheel1 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:15:42 +0000

Hmmm. I’m very intrigued by A Season of Night because I did, in fact, return to my partially destroyed home without electricity in a city that lay in ruins after Andrew in ’92.

I’d like to see how his experience compared with mine. In my case, while it was frightening (very little police presence in your now dark, treeless, and utterly unfamiliar neighborhood, which is crawling with creepy, feral, ex-con “contractors”) and frustrating (sleeping in 90-degree heat with 100 generators screaming in the background and the stench of 1000 tons of moldy carpet and rotting plants in the air), but surprisingly rewarding in that you had hours with nothing to do but walk around, read, talk, and think.

And when all of the constants and comforts in your life are suddenly gone, think you do.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:55:28 +0000

Kerry: Curbing the book buying tends to a fruitless effort around here, too.

Dr J: No word on an R.E.M. connection, but… Called the fool and the company,
On his own where he’d rather be
Where he ought to be, he sees what you can’t see, can’t you see that?

By: Dr J

Dr J — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:11:33 +0000

Is Chabon an REM fan from way back? If so, I like him even more.
He’s not to be reached / He is to be reached

By: Kerry

Kerry — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:16:55 +0000

And now I have to buy Maps and Legends. I always thought the book was gorgeous but had no idea its content would so intrigue me. Thank you, though my attempts at curbing book buying are once again sqaundered.