http://littleroom.vox.com/library/posts/tags/the+book+pile/page/1/ The Hebert Identity en Vox Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:56:54 -0400 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss the book pile http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-spook-country.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Kyle) http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-spook-country.html?_c=feed-rss http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-spook-country.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:56:54 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fa9687b5af0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fa9687b5af0002-50si" alt="Spook Country" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I never read William Gibson until his previous book, Pattern Recognition. That book was Gibson's first foray into writing about modern times. I became a fan instantly. It was a brilliantly written book, and Spook Country is no different. The two... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-spook-country.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fa96885a220003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading william gibson pattern recognition the book pile spook country http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-1-dead-in-attic.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Kyle) http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-1-dead-in-attic.html?_c=feed-rss http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-1-dead-in-attic.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:11:00 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fad696d7470004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fad696d7470004-50si" alt="1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? Chris Rose is a columnist for the Times-Picayune. His book 1 Dead in Attic is a collection of his post-Katrina columns. The city he describes in this book is a battered, broken city, but we all kne... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-1-dead-in-attic.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fa9683bcf60002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> new orleans books reading katrina chris rose the book pile http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/a-book-pile-two-fer-the-omnivores-dilemma-and-run.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Kyle) http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/a-book-pile-two-fer-the-omnivores-dilemma-and-run.html?_c=feed-rss http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/a-book-pile-two-fer-the-omnivores-dilemma-and-run.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:00:06 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fae8c1b8fc000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fae8c1b8fc000b-50si" alt="Run" /></a> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fae8c1b9ed000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fae8c1b9ed000b-50si" alt="The Omnivore&#39;s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've finished two books since my last update. Ann Patchett's Run and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. The premise of Run is simple. One evening the former white mayor of Boston is leaving a political rally with hs two adopted black son... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/a-book-pile-two-fer-the-omnivores-dilemma-and-run.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fa967dcb7a0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> food books reading michael pollan ann patchett the book pile http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-city-of-saints-and-madmen.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Kyle) http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-city-of-saints-and-madmen.html?_c=feed-rss http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-city-of-saints-and-madmen.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:05:38 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00f48cee36850003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00f48cee36850003-50si" alt="City of Saints and Madmen" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A blurb of on the back cover of City of Saints and Madmen describes the work as a tapestry. There is no word more fitting for this book. The city referred to in the title is Ambergris, and rather than tell the story of Ambergris in a traditional... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-city-of-saints-and-madmen.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00f48cee293e0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading jeff vandermeer the book pile http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-duma-key.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Kyle) http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-duma-key.html?_c=feed-rss http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-duma-key.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:26:15 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00f48cde29370002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00f48cde29370002-50si" alt="Duma Key: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Stephen King said that if Lisey's Story is his story of marriage, then Duma Key is his story of divorce. Divorce is a factor of Duma's story, but doesn't come across nearly as powerfully as Scott and Lisey's marriage in the other book. Perhaps be... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-duma-key.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00f48cde2a210002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading stephen king the book pile http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-yiddish-policemans-union.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Kyle) http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-yiddish-policemans-union.html?_c=feed-rss http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-yiddish-policemans-union.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:11:39 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398daf4d60003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398daf4d60003-50si" alt="The Yiddish Policemen&#39;s Union: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> "Adjectives on the typewriter, moves his words like a prizefighter" -- Shadow Stabbing, Cake When I'm actively working on my own writing, as I am currently, I read books in a slightly different manner than normal. I read not only for the story, ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-yiddish-policemans-union.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398dae0000002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading michael chabon the book pile http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-what-is-the-what.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Kyle) http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-what-is-the-what.html?_c=feed-rss http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-what-is-the-what.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:46:29 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398d6c6df0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398d6c6df0002-50si" alt="What Is the What (Vintage)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Valentino Achak Deng, the real-life narrator of Dave Eggers' What is the What has an important story. One that must be told over and over and over. What is the What is a novelized account of Deng's life beginning with his early childhood in Sout... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-what-is-the-what.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398d6c74f0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading sudan dave eggers the book pile lost boys of sudan valentino achak deng http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-water-for-elephants.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Kyle) http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-water-for-elephants.html?_c=feed-rss http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-water-for-elephants.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:20:43 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398c5ddaf0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398c5ddaf0004-50si" alt="Water for Elephants: A Novel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Water for Elephants was an absolute joy to read. I picked it up and could not put it down. I read it more quickly than any other book I've read this year. There's nothing groundbreaking here, and the prose is good but not amazing, but the story ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-water-for-elephants.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398c5de270004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading water for elephants the book pile http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-russian-debutantes-handbook.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Kyle) http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-russian-debutantes-handbook.html?_c=feed-rss http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-russian-debutantes-handbook.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:59:52 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398c125ab0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398c125ab0004-50si" alt="Russian Debutante&#39;s Handbook" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This book is funny. Not "blisteringly funny" as the Salon.com blurb on the cover exclaims, but funny enough. I never laughed out loud, or even snickered, but still consider it very funny. Gary Shteyngart's prose describes the most outlandish be... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-russian-debutantes-handbook.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398c116a40002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading arrested development 30 rock gary shteyngart the book pile the russian debutante's handbook http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-childrens-hospital.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Kyle) http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-childrens-hospital.html?_c=feed-rss http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-childrens-hospital.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:20:30 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398b0988b0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398b0988b0001-50si" alt="The Children&#39;s Hospital" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Very rarely do I finish a book an not have much to say about it, but that is exactly the case with Chris Adrian's The Children's Hospital. This book begins with great promise. The prose is flawless, the plot intriguing and the characters real, h... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/the-book-pile-the-childrens-hospital.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd978613a1f9cc00e398b0b5250003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading the book pile chris adrian the children's hospital