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April 22
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Elyse
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Women: A Novel (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
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read in March, 2008
Elyse said:
"I'm not quite sure what to say about this book. I really enjoyed the writers ability to be blunt and thorough with the sex scenes. Just when yout think you have Henry figured out, just when you assume that it's about to become redundant and mundane, ...more
I'm not quite sure what to say about this book. I really enjoyed the writers ability to be blunt and thorough with the sex scenes. Just when yout think you have Henry figured out, just when you assume that it's about to become redundant and mundane, something out of the ordinary happens. You can almost feel what he feels for these women, but you're not quite sure why you feel that way.
On the other hand, I find Henry's character to be unbelievable. I am not convinced that this 50 year old man, who is described as aesthetically unpleasant and disgusting and overweight several times in the book, it's hard for me to believe that these women want to sleep with him, and they come to rely on him. It's also hard for me to believe that these women that he does come across read poetry let alone understand it. I wish there would have been some inserts of the poetry referenced, then maybe I would be able to comprehend this writer's ability and Henry's understanding of women.
It's also quite a stretch to think that Henry get's booked for readings at bars. I've never heard of this happening, although it is ideal.
Overall I enjoyed his images and his occasional amazing one liners such as "our relationship felt like a rat gnawing at my insides" sometimes he had really great images for, but others, such as the redundancy of his sex life, I felt could have been a bit more creative. We never fully get inside Henry's head, but perhaps that's the problem, these women are all trying to do that, and me, as a woman-reader is also trying to do that. It's like we expect someone with this many potentials to be brilliant, when in all reality he's just a man: horny and boring....less
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Elyse
is currently reading:
The Feast of Love (Paperback)
by Charles Baxter
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Elyse said:
"I'm looking forward to reading this book. I met this writer back in Michigan!
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March 28
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Elyse
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American Psycho (Paperback)
by Bret Easton Ellis
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read in January, 2007
Elyse said:
"After seeing the incredile movie in all it's perfectionn, I knew I had to read the book by an author i grew fond of after reading "Rules of Attraction." The subtlties Ellis stratgetically places throughout the novel let us only see glimpse ...more
After seeing the incredile movie in all it's perfectionn, I knew I had to read the book by an author i grew fond of after reading "Rules of Attraction." The subtlties Ellis stratgetically places throughout the novel let us only see glimpse of Patrick Bateman's isanity. The middle of the book becomes extremely grotesque and I could't help but want to shut my eyes while reading. His thought process thrown down into the insanity of this wallstreet business man is beyond perfection. This is how I want to write, this is what makes me vye for this incredible ability I know I have. Well worth the read if you can stomach it with an endig that makes you think there are pages missing in your copy....less
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March 27
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Elyse
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Letters to Wendy's (Paperback)
by Joe Wenderoth
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read in March, 2006
Elyse said:
"This is a great little book with several short thoughts written in prose. The simplicity of these philosophical thoughts are astounding. Wenderoth has a bluntness to his style that you will grow to adore whilst remaining repulsed. He also came to Mic...more
This is a great little book with several short thoughts written in prose. The simplicity of these philosophical thoughts are astounding. Wenderoth has a bluntness to his style that you will grow to adore whilst remaining repulsed. He also came to Michigan for a reading at GVSU. Alas I was in seattle and graduated by then. Something to keep on your coffee table when you need a little inspiration, philosophical puzzle, or a laugh out loud grusome joke....less
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Elyse
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The Rules of Attraction (Paperback)
by Bret Easton Ellis
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read in January, 2004
Elyse said:
"Ellis' finest next to American Psycho.
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Elyse
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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (Paperback)
by Sylvia Plath
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read in July, 2004
Elyse said:
"Sylvia sharing real thoughts. I have a mass amount of respect for Ms. Plath, even if she did leave the party at her prime, her words in a prose journalistic style that I can't even fathom. To think she wrote this with the assumption that no one would...more
Sylvia sharing real thoughts. I have a mass amount of respect for Ms. Plath, even if she did leave the party at her prime, her words in a prose journalistic style that I can't even fathom. To think she wrote this with the assumption that no one would ever read these really lets her show the reality of her pain and the depth of her depression we nowadays can rarely understand....less
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Elyse
marked as to-read:
The Average American Male: A Novel (Paperback)
by Chad Kultgen
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Elyse
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When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession (Perennial Classics)
by Irvin D. Yalom
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