false <![CDATA[Room Temperature]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167937049m/28235.jpg 28235 8 Nicholson Baker writes in 360-degree Sensurround--his descriptions of the seemingly banal awakening the most jaded of senses into recognition, admiration, and amusement. In <I>Room Temperature,</i> his self-deprecating, endlessly curious narrator is at home giving his baby girl a bottle and allowing his mind to wander. Uppermost in his thoughts are his wife and daughter, but there is also that obsession with commas and some concern with tiny taboos like nose-picking and stealing change from his parents. Truth-telling is the operative mode; at one point he tries to get his wife to explain a doodle by quoting a review of early Yeats: "Always true is always new." <I>Room Temperature</i> is a rare novel of domestic pleasure and stability, with a twist. "Was there ever a limit between us? Would disgust ever outweigh love?" Baker's alter ego asks, and seems determined to find out. 671789 1990 Room Temperature total:238|5:52|4:90|3:77|2:18|1:1| 238 888 305 19 3 1 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 07:52:36 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 08:06:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 12:04:29 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 08:27:03 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Aug 03 22:14:59 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 22:15:15 -0700 2009 ]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Feb 20 19:54:15 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 19:56:23 -0800 2008
I liked this book - along the lines of The Mezzanine where things are described in such great detail, or the connections made by the human mind are explored so completely, that it feels minimalist. The thing that makes it interesting is that Baker's mind makes connections...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 28 20:58:56 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 21:00:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 10:49:26 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 10:51:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jun 12 05:54:47 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 05:25:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Aug 21 22:43:11 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 26 21:46:52 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jul 08 21:12:29 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 21:14:03 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Mon Jan 28 17:19:06 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 17:21:29 -0800 2008 ]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 16:44:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 04:42:01 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 22 16:26:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 19:43:06 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 16:26:19 -0700 2008 The Mezzanine better, but the relationship details in this novel are very touching and make the novel feel more personal.]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Nov 07 08:40:15 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 08:42:14 -0800 2007 2 0 false false Sun Apr 20 17:31:02 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 17:32:02 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 09:57:15 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 09:59:47 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 20:27:30 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 12:36:24 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu May 15 18:50:13 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 18:52:24 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Nov 06 08:08:11 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 08:08:27 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Fri Jun 27 12:42:47 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 12:42:50 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Dec 01 08:53:43 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 08:53:43 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=28235