*I don’t know why I just thought of that, but I did. It could be some form of McEwan withdrawal. Eek.
Anyway. In light of the loss of On Beauty (not really a loss—i know where it is but don’t have the time to pick it up), I picked up Stendhal’s The Red and the Black. [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘McEwan’
July 2, 2009
Vroom
Today was a sad, sad day. I was sent to cover two (unrelated) suicides–so devastating. And difficult. But more devastating. So much grief today. I don’t really know what else to say.
This is more annoying than sad, but then I lost my phone. Hours later, I finally found it on the driveway. I guess I [...]
July 1, 2009
Chesil a go
After reading other reviews—and following Ian’s (oh, not McEwan! I don’t think that I channel the author’s guidance in my head…) advice—I decided, despite my unfiltered reaction to the “lazy” NYT review, I would forge ahead with On Chesil Beach. Plus, the New Yorker already got me 45 pages (or 1/5 chapters) in. So why [...]
June 29, 2009
Lately
I suppose blogging comes easier when I’m bored. I have been anything but bored. Work sends me across the city to report on (mostly) crime and gather quotes from New Yorkers. I have a long commute, and Sunday-Friday I come home tired, often after hanging out with friends post-work, and crash. Seeing the city from [...]
