Michelle's review
Tree of Smoke: A Novel
by Denis Johnson
Booby, oh no! I think you have a flattened booger in your hair! Whatever you do, don't eat it (without ketchup)! Thank you for being the poster-girl for my new campaign against library books... If I want to rub other people's bacteria, feces, and scabs on my body, I'll pay a hooker to do it right. (Just a tip, kiddos.)
Kim, just remember this: Reading a standard library book is like drinking the water from an open-air toilet in Calcutta. That's all I'm sayin'. (The American Library Association likes to soft-pedal this kind of info, but I'm your local designated truth-seeker, peeps. Fight the power... and, um, flattened boogers, too.)
But, I love our library... maybe I'll just snag some latex gloves from work, and a gown.. maybe a mask.
Thank you for enlightening me, Daves...
Hey, if you like drinking sewer water through a beer bong, who am I to rain on your parade?
New slogan: Your Local Public Library: Enjoy the Cholera.
I like to think I will still use my library, but I have to admit I bought a couple of books at Barnes & Noble this weekend. They were DNA-free!
Michelle's review
Tree of Smoke: A Novel by Denis Johnson
Michelle's review
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bookshelves:
contemporary-fiction
recommended for: Vietnam War Buffs
From this book I learned to carefully check materials before checking them out of my local library. When I saw Tree of Smoke on the shelf, I happily checked it out and couldn't wait to get it home and start reading it. I am a fan of Denis Johnson's work, and this was his first novel in about nine years.
When I flipped to the title page, there was what looked like a flattened booger on the page. I really wanted to read the book so I quickly flipped the page and started reading anyway. A few minutes later I looked down and saw the flattened booger thing ON ME! I flung it away, but it made me gag.
Anyway, I enjoyed the book, but the whole time reading it I was wary of finding any additional surprises. Thankfully, there were none.
This is a story about the Vietnam War told in chapters titled with the years 1963 through 1970. The last chapter takes place in 1983. One of my favorite passages was as follows, and I think it rings true for many places in our world t...more
When I flipped to the title page, there was what looked like a flattened booger on the page. I really wanted to read the book so I quickly flipped the page and started reading anyway. A few minutes later I looked down and saw the flattened booger thing ON ME! I flung it away, but it made me gag.
Anyway, I enjoyed the book, but the whole time reading it I was wary of finding any additional surprises. Thankfully, there were none.
This is a story about the Vietnam War told in chapters titled with the years 1963 through 1970. The last chapter takes place in 1983. One of my favorite passages was as follows, and I think it rings true for many places in our world t...more
Booby, oh no! I think you have a flattened booger in your hair! Whatever you do, don't eat it (without ketchup)! Thank you for being the poster-girl for my new campaign against library books... If I want to rub other people's bacteria, feces, and scabs on my body, I'll pay a hooker to do it right. (Just a tip, kiddos.)
Kim, just remember this: Reading a standard library book is like drinking the water from an open-air toilet in Calcutta. That's all I'm sayin'. (The American Library Association likes to soft-pedal this kind of info, but I'm your local designated truth-seeker, peeps. Fight the power... and, um, flattened boogers, too.)
But, I love our library... maybe I'll just snag some latex gloves from work, and a gown.. maybe a mask.
Thank you for enlightening me, Daves...
Hey, if you like drinking sewer water through a beer bong, who am I to rain on your parade? New slogan: Your Local Public Library: Enjoy the Cholera.
I like to think I will still use my library, but I have to admit I bought a couple of books at Barnes & Noble this weekend. They were DNA-free!

