false 239699 male Dublin, Ireland 07/2007 12/2009 18 103 103 true 5622504 read 0 true 500006 currently-reading 0 true 500005 to-read Walk the Blue Fields: Stories (Paperback) by Claire Keegan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77530778 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256069306s/2524702.jpg 239699 Pierce http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196719791p2/239699.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/239699-pierce Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:07:43 -0800
The collection is very, very reminiscent of McGahern's short stories. I couldn't really get away f...more...]]> The Dark (Paperback) by John McGahern]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77529974 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174683211s/430368.jpg 239699 Pierce http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196719791p2/239699.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/239699-pierce Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:56:27 -0800
It was his Difficult Second Novel. Mam says he was never happy with it afterwards. So I feel somewhat ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72750282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502s/310612.jpg 239699 Pierce http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196719791p2/239699.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/239699-pierce Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:20:07 -0700 A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback) by John Kennedy Toole]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72750282 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572502s/310612.jpg 239699 Pierce http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196719791p2/239699.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/239699-pierce Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:26:03 -0700
An...more...]]> Pnin (Everyman's Library) by Vladimir Nabokov]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72683568 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168079004s/30593.jpg 239699 Pierce http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196719791p2/239699.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/239699-pierce Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:29:05 -0700
Wow I enjoyed this. Reading Nabokov's prose is like being gently tickled. And afterwards, reading anyone else, you miss the artistry.

It seemed to me a fairl...more...]]> Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Paperback) by David Foster Wallace]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72682611 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604453s/6753.jpg 239699 Pierce http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196719791p2/239699.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/239699-pierce Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:18:17 -0700 store and buying European...

I probably should have waited a while after IJ but it seemed...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42085962 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167876639s/27208.jpg 239699 Pierce http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196719791p2/239699.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/239699-pierce Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:10:15 -0700 ]]> Pygmy (Hardcover) by Chuck Palahniuk]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71159546 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255623525s/4601396.jpg 239699 Pierce http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196719791p2/239699.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/239699-pierce Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:23:51 -0700
I read this in the first few days in California, which was kind of suitable and funny.

The chapter opening about Dodgeball is absolutely fantast...more...]]> Infinite Jest: A Novel (Paperback) by David Foster Wallace]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71158884 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg 239699 Pierce http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196719791p2/239699.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/239699-pierce Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:19:26 -0700
I thought I was absorbing most of the plot, but I've read a lot of Infinite Summer discussions since finishing and I missed a lot. A lot of detail. The ending confused me utterly, I could see bi...more...]]>