She and I: A Fugue: 07/02/09
I received an unsolicited "edited galley" of She and I: A Fugue by Michael R. Brown. It claims to be a memoir of a man who evolves through his interactions with the women in his life. What that amounts to is a 280 page memoir about sex, ICQ and blogs, all written in short sentences ala Twitter.

His "observations" come off as shallow, self obsessed and childish. I got to page 120 only by skipping about every other page. There was nothing interesting to keep my attention. The short "poetic" sentences are annoying and offer nothing to the process of learning about the author or what meaningful lessons he might have gotten out of life so far.

Read another review at: Bella is Reading.

books | nonfiction | Michael R. Brown | 2009

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What My Children Are Reading: Week 06: 07/02/09

Here it is Thursday again and time my favorite meme. We're on week six of "What Are My Children Reading" and this week's reading is in part a repeat of last week's reading.

Sean:
Sean and I are working our way through Hoot. I've read the book and seen the movie and have been eagerly waiting for him to be old enough for both. He is enjoying the book as much as I did. We've read two chapters so far and have stopped to discuss the characters, make predictions about the plot and talk about what it must be like to move to a new place and start a new school.

With Ian, he is also working his way through What is the Name of This Book? by Raymond M. Smullyan. I'm not sure how far along he is in the book but I do know he loves the riddles in it.

Harriet:
Harriet is reading one of her books and two library books. Her book is That's Not My Dinosaur... by Fiona Watt and illustrated by Rachel Wells. It's an Usborne "touchy-feely" book and she likes all the different textures. From the library we are reading If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond and The Cat Barked? by Lydia Monks which is illustrated in a style similar to the Pinkalicious series of books.

books | childrens | meme

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