by anneMoore on October 23, 2009
Should you trust the narrator? Depends on the book.
Two I read this summer set me up to believe that its main character, and narrator, was seeking to repair a significant love (a wife, a daughter). Each starts with a similar premise — I need to get her back — then widens in the telling, providing [...]
by anneMoore on July 1, 2009
I had three days in New York and did what I always do in a great world city: eat well and see art.
First stop: John’s Pizzeria (278 Bleeker St.) Baked in a coal-fired brick oven, it really is the world’s best thin crust. John’s is two small rooms; a line trails down Bleeker Street [...]
by anneMoore on June 22, 2009
The New York Times ran a breezy piece recently about summer reads aimed at women. I turned to it excitedly: I’m a girl, I love to read. Surely there’d be something on the list for me. Nope.
What to read during the summer? Do we really seek out “lighter” reads in the warmer months? I don’t.
Here’s [...]