your resident bookslut is sick. Could be the piggy flu. *weeps* She feels horrible – too horrible to even read. And she’s currently reading a great book by Chang-rae Lee that will prompt a fantastic multicultural response on “the other” writing from the POV of the white man. Be patient… your bookslut has not forsakenContinue reading “It’s official….”
Author Archives: Tommi Powell
Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak
Published in 1963, Where the Wild Things Are quickly earned a permanent place in the BEST BOOKS EVER. Maurice Sendak has said that the monsters were originally horses but he couldn’t draw horses but that he could draw a “thing” – he even modeled his things after relatives. It is and always has been aContinue reading “Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak”
Coetzee is shortlisted – just as I predicted
Shakespeare’s R & J
(The cast of Shakespeare’s R & J – the guy in the front is the one I loved.) This isn’t a book, but sluts get to break the rules. I recently went to see the Raleigh Ensemble Players Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s R & J. The play was adapted in 1999 by Joe Calarco.Continue reading “Shakespeare’s R & J”
J.M. Coetzee – Life & Times of Michael K
J.M. Coetzee is one of my favorite South African writers. I have a special love for the white voices of South Africa and even though Coetzee has since moved his citizenship to Australia, I still consider him a South African novelist. Coetzee was born in Cape Town in 1940. He moved to London in theContinue reading “J.M. Coetzee – Life & Times of Michael K”
Sluts should get paid
Being a bookslut is hard work, methinks payment should be involved. My goal is to read 10,000 pages this year – a sad number in comparison to years past, but considering I didn’t read any for pretty much the entire Spring, it’ll have to do. Yes, it’ll have to do indeed.When I get the time,Continue reading “Sluts should get paid”
Gregory Maguire – Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
My love for Gregory Maguire has not gone unnoticed; my little bookslut affection for his work is well documented. But I must admit to being a little wary to venture outside of the Wicked series. Maybe my fascination with him was really with his Oz. I loved Wicked and Son of a Witch, and IContinue reading “Gregory Maguire – Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister”
Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants
English literature major turned technical writer (and Canadian turned American) Sara Gruen was given “two years or two books” by her husband upon being laid off in 2001. He suggested she take the time to do what she’d always wanted to do and write. Her first two published novels, Riding Lessons (Harper Collins 2004) andContinue reading “Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants”
Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith — Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
I’ve never been the biggest Jane Austen fan. The Austen finger-puppet on my fridge isn’t there because I’m madly in love with Darcy or any other of Austen’s manly creations. I read Pride and Prejudice ages ago and simply remember not being all that impressed. I guess in the Austen/Bronte battle, I picked Charlotte. P&PContinue reading “Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith — Pride & Prejudice & Zombies”
Jeffrey Eugenides – Middlesex
“From my birth when they went undetected, to my baptism where they upstaged the priest, to my troubled adolescence when they didn’t do much of anything and then did everything at once, my genitals have been the most significant thing that ever happened to me. Some people inherit houses; others paintings or highly insured violinContinue reading “Jeffrey Eugenides – Middlesex”
A Girl Named Tommi 