It’s a semi-depressing read, but Sikes’s prose stays out of the way of the subject, which is impressive in a book about girl gangs; occasionally she editorializes and you’re like, “Yeah, we get it,” but …

I’d had this for ages; New York (…I think) happened to recommend it in the current issue; I was bored last night, grabbed it, and read it in more or less one sitting.   I …

Like I did Running With Scissors, I read this in one day, and I love his writing; it’s so conversational and clean, like a friend’s house where everything is just so, but lived in, too. …

Caroline Knapp is such a wonderful writer — direct and exact, unfussy, and it’s so difficult to talk about things like addiction and self-loathing, particularly as they affect women, without getting bogged down in the …

I’d seen the movie and I’d read other DuMaurier, and I’m not sure why she’s not better known; all the stories are quite suspenseful and only dated in the charming way.   It’s an excellent …

I want to kick Judge Burnett in the shins.   Great book, though — very well written.

I can’t recommend it enough.   Cometbus started out as a punk-show ‘zine and evolved into a sort of Samuel Pepys-type chronicle by the pseudonymous Aaron Cometbus, and his writing is direct and funny and …

Should have been more interesting than it was — it was evocative in parts, but often, Solomon is very clearly trying to be lyrical, but falls into cliches and works against herself.   The writing …

You might remember Barry Glassner from Bowling for Columbine; I’d had his book on my wishlist for a while, but after seeing the movie, I motivated and bought it, and it’s very good.   It’s …

Read it in one day.   I got the feeling from the Behind The Music on David Cassidy, who came off as twelve-steppily full of himself all “I’m a survivor!”, that the book would be …