December 2011
3 posts
“Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and...”
– Christopher Hitchens (via nevver)
Open by Andre Agassi
His hate for tennis
Briefly eclipsed by love for
Methamphetamines
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
A homicidal
Ether huffer, helps himself
To some skeletons
October 2011
3 posts
Gonzo Papers, Vol. 2: Generation of Swine: Tales...
Articles about
Iran Contra and George Bush
Are far from timeless.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Ninety pages in
This book begins to get awesome
And does not relent
September 2011
2 posts
The Rum Diary by Hunter Thompson
A great example
Of an excellent novel
Where nothing happens
Cleverbot is stupid.
August 2011
9 posts
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
A mischievous boy
Sails to the land of Wild Things
Perhaps tripping balls
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S....
Thompson does ether,
Cocaine, speed, mescaline and
Has a brew or two.
5 tags
apparently it is futuristic dystopia day.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
If we could sleep-learn
There would be teens everywhere
And jobless teachers
1984 by George Orwell
It’s hard to get laid
With Fascists everywhere, and
Constant surveillance
5 tags
Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
A shamed professor
Is forced to take refuge from
The life he once knew
The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
A word nerd’s wet dream
And behind the scenes look at
Dictionary craft
July 2011
5 posts
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemmingway
Impotent Jake Barnes
Goes to Spain with a loose lady
But doesn’t bear fruit
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
What a crappy book!
I would not recommend it
To a mortal foe
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
A fine tale of fate
And careful calculations
With a unique tone
A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again By...
Sarcastic tirades
And poignant observations
On mundane topics
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
A clever blend of
Office Space with a touch of
Surrealism
June 2011
16 posts
The Giving Tree By Shel Silverstein
A boy and a tree
In a touching love story
…Dendrophilia
Tortilla Flats by John Steinbeck
Seemingly pointless
Book about friendship and loss
And getting shit-faced
Airframe by Michael Crichton
Nothing like timeline
A boring book about planes
Pull up plot! Pull up!
Timeline by Michael Crichton
I loved this fun romp
An adventure throughout time
Paul Walker ruined it
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Hoity draft dodgers
Learn more than they bargained for
At their private school.
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
I’m a bit unclear
On why everyone loves it
But it’s not a bomb.
Sphere by Michael Crichton
Old alien ship
Sitting on the ocean floor
Jerry, bad alien!
shablahblah asked: http://imgur.com/c7Yge
I mean, it's meant to be.
I mean, it's meant to be.
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The quintessential
Book about finding yourself
And stiffing a whore.
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
A spooky story
Lions and tigers, Oh My
Quitters never win.
Make Way for Ducklings By Robert McCloskey
Fastidious duck
You chose poorly. In Boston,
People drive like loons
I know that The Pearl is a novella and not a book, but ‘novella’ has way too many syllables.
Pardon me
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
This book explores greed
And can be read in an hour
A pearl in itself
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Homeboy is crazy.
Or is it society
That makes it seem so?
May 2011
5 posts
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Fans often don’t know:
Kerouac hated hippies, and
Beatniks alike
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Partly about boats
And also Massachusetts
Everyone had beards
Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut
Vonnegut himself
Called this a B minus book.
I think that is fair.
The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole
Toole, at age sixteen
Wrote and gave this to his mom.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Galapapgos by Kurt Vonnegut
A quick and fresh take
On some classic edgy themes
Darwin would be proud.
April 2011
28 posts
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff. ...
Anthropomorphic,
Overall-wearing rodent
Gives a girl rabies.
Felicia Bond Friday?
I will admit, it’s a stretch.
The Indian in the Cupboard By Lynne Reid Banks
A little racist.
Anachronistic as well.
But a kid-lit gem.
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia by C. S....
Narnia top three!
Prince Caspian needs some help…
I know just the kids.
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Similar to the
Average shipwreck story but
At the end you cry
Prey by Michael Crichton
Nano-robotic
Cautionary sci-thriller.
A real page-turner
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
It’s blissful sci-fi.
Alien organisms
We are not ready!