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a year in books one year numerous books a year in books one year numerous books the case of the missing books where s the plot ian sansom s characters are quirky irritating and for the most part good natured however his plot is dullsville i was intrigued when i saw the case of the missing books on the shelf of book oasis our local used bookstore as a bibliophile and all around nerdy gal i like books about books also the cover art is pretty great i know we re not supposed to judge a book by its cover but let s be honest it matters the reader finds israel the protagonist at the beginning of a fish out of water story in ireland sansom s tone seemed reminiscient of jasper fforde s thursday next series but then i realized it was only the font the story is charming at first with israel s frustrations with the local slang and lack of vegetarian fare i can relate but the shtick grows tired after about a hundred pages it s fun but not interesting the only rationalization for the wild goose chase of a plot being so boring is that sansom is mimicking the dreary ho hum irish everyday life that s described but for me it s a stretch this novel would have made a fantastic lovable short story funny palpable characters and a story that could be all wrapped up in less than 20 pages here i can actually summarize it in one line a lazy londoner looks for books in the irish countryside the end i was more disappointed because the title the case of the missing books sounds like a great literary mystery however there s no excitement or intrigue whatsoever i just ended up feeling embarrassed for israel he s so out of touch he can t even grasp at the mystery solving lingo some other characters try to impress upon him this detail was funny on the surface but left me asking what self respecting book obsessed librian hasn t read some christie parker or doyle now that i ve exhausted how horribly boring the book is i must say i did enjoy learning what ny times bestsellers of the recent years that sansom hates i have to admit these references to other novels made me smile if only for remembering how much better they were than sansom s stale work i leave you with a couple of references to these much more quality books israel instinctively thrust his hand into his duffle coat pocket and pulled out the first thing he found there and thrust it forwards into the dog s slavering maw a fine use for a copy of yann martel s life of pi he tried shooing the fat clucking chicken by flapping his hands but it wasn t until he wobbled his tired cold beaten up body up out of bed and turned nasty throwing stuff from his suitcase books mostly in the end it was his paperback edition of the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime that did the trick he knew that d come in useful one day one other thought to the average person a mobile library mystery probably sounds boring this is the first time my english sensibilities have steered me wrong i m chalking it up to a fluke published in uncategorized on september 12 2007 at 1 09 am leave a comment art book most folks probably associate jonathan harr with his acclaimed work a civil action but i ve just finished his newer work the lost painting the quest for a caravaggio masterpiece i picked up this book because i m always looking for nonfiction that tells an interesting story instead of generically listing facts and i m also fascinated with the art world fyi my very favorite artist is turner harr does a superb job at weaving the recent uncovering of a once lost baroque painting the taking of christ into an entertaining read it would be very easy for this book to turn into a snore fest but harr shapes these real life art historians into well developed characters even the mystery elements of the story are cleverly told and shape into an intriguing story what makes the book successful is that it is apparent that jonathan enjoyed researching and telling this story to the world his excitement about the events over the recent past surrounding the discovery and arguments over the painting is clear through his tone this makes the book a book rather than an extraordinarily long magazine or journal article he wants the reader to enjoy reading about this story as much as he loved learning about it himself overall his writing is at arm s length very journalistic in temperment but there are glimmers of excitement and even giddiness when he describes certain events most memorable is when the art restorer bennedetti considers that the painting he has been asked to restore could be the lost caravaggio and will become the pinnacle of his career as much as i was entranced by harr s work i was curious as to what my friend a grad student an art history would think about it it s like what a romance novel is to literature he scoffed but if it gets people interested in art then it s worthwhile he added that it s admirable that harr did his homework and was authentic with his facts it s not like it s the da vinci code i know better than to bring up dan brown in his company he hates that he hates it because he always has to explain to people that he doesn t hate it for religious reasons but because it s an insult to art scholars so i wasn t completely embarrassed by telling him about reading the lost painting so maybe harr s work is a little more the joy of sex and a little less harlequin romance i think so published in uncategorized on september 3 2007 at 4 02 am leave a comment reading motivation usually i read a book because i want to makes sense right there were of course those times when i read books in school because i had to i m looking at you bleak house but i suddenly find myself reading a book to earn some brownie points at work the book is not my usual fare the title requires background music vince flynn s the third option dun dun duhhhh okay so this book is in short a book for middle age men who are trying to avoid a midlife crisis by vicariously living through an ill conceived cia assasin it is the kind of book that appears in front of men travelling in business class of a 747 or waiting in a doctor s office it fits every horrible stereotype you may associate with the government spy thriller when my boss offered it to me after i explained what an avid reader i was i was a bit skeptical i know you re not supposed to judge a book by its cover but seriously there s a red cia logo and a pic of the washington monument in the fiery sunset c mon this beat up paperback promptly got shoved in my bottom desk drawer about a week after ignoring the vince flynn thriller seriously who is named vince flynn oh yeah someone who names their protagonist mitch rapp my boss questioned how i liked the book after responding that i hadn t gotten around to it yet because another manager lent me a book not a total lie someone let me borrow the dead father s club which is another post entirely he looked disappointed and this is what made me actually read this piece of crap he wanted a woman s opinion of this guy s writing he said he had never known a woman who had read a flynn novel and was interested in the female perception reaction to the work this piqued my interest and got me reading yes it s a piece of trash writing but unfortunately it s entertaining as hell it s sort of like a bad action movie you are generally embarrassed to go see it but you end up enjoying it i don t think vince flynn will make his way onto my regular reading list but it s a nice commercial break plus i m always interested in giving the female perspective to anyone who s willing to listen the nice part is is that my boss will admit it s crap writing but i am looking forward to giving him my opinion as to how one sided and underdeveloped every single female character in the book is hey he asked for the female perspeactive this is certainly no time to hold back oh speaking of crap trash do go see the transformers movie it s great dumb fun published in uncategorized on august 16 2007 at 1 04 am comments 1 storm in june the first novella in irene nemirovsky s suite francaise revolves around the lives of several french citizens fleeing paris during the german invasion of wwii although this isn t a typical summertime fare nemirovsky s character sketches are intriguing and an honest portrayal of human nature nemirovsky s writing vividly expresses the duality of the human race while at first she evokes sympathy for the pericand family once the details of their existence are revealed they are no more noble than any of the other characters described phillipe the missionary son reveals his true thoughts about the group of young boys he is leading through the exodus although he later confesses it as a moment of evil weakness his true feelings are revealed when he follows the two boys into the house saying oh you little brats just wait till i sort you out the family s most horrifying act though is leaving monsieur pericand senior behind madame pericand does not even realize it until it is too late to go and find them the only hopeful and empathetic people who do not give in to selfish needs and have a glimmer of selflessness are the michauds they both help those who are hurt in the train bombing and worry about the well being of their soldier son however in the end even they must revert to selfish undermining of their boss to gain their money it could be argued that they have no choice when facing someone as uncivil and abusive as their boss corbin the couple is given strength and renewed hope only by the idea of getting back at corbin for his animosity monsieur michaud claims that if he sees corbin his only recourse would be to spit in his face nemirovsky s depictions of these french citizens are stark and realistic although there is some depiction of love and generosity they are always stamped out in favor of one s own self when survival is the matter at hand i am not claiming that nemirovsky portrays selfishness as the preliminary motivation of a person but that it is easily given into during a time of disaster and panic there is no clear division of good and evil only the blur of an honest humanity published in uncategorized on august 5 2007 at 3 20 am leave a comment about me i m a twentysomething female living just outside boston with an irish photographer for a while i was a dorky english major undergrad and find that s a hard persona to shake i am always reading something knitting something or eating something recent posts the case of the missing books where s the plot art book reading motivation storm in june archives september 2007 august 2007 blog at wordpress com rss 2 0 comments rss 2 0 subscribe subscribed a year in books sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy a year in books subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar design a site like this with wordpress com get started