Reading Journal

Divisadero, Part V

March 3, 2008

I am getting towards the end of Divisadero. This book has taken some serious time and effort to get through. I can’t exactly pinpoint what about it is so difficult. Some of it is that it takes place in several different places in several different eras and has several different narrators. In fact, the narrator [...]

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Divisadero, Part IV

February 21, 2008

I am finally beginning to see what this book is doing. I probably should have seen it earlier. The story starts out with all of the main characters (Coop, Anna, Claire, and farmer father) in one, not exactly intimate but cozy, place. As the result of violence, the group is splintered and damaged. The rest [...]

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Divisadero, Part III

February 20, 2008

The book continues. The “action” is still focused on Anna in France. The plot moves along slowly, but not in an obnoxious way. The book gets me to slow down and think about random things like a reaction to a bee landing on a guitar, like the idea that visiting a lover’s house might deliver [...]

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The New Yorker, 2/11 &18/08

February 20, 2008

This issue of The New Yorker had much more in it for me than I expected. I read several of the articles all the way through. The Talk of the Town feature discussed Obama and the Clintons. The article had a very candid examination of the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate, but, as most [...]

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Divisadero, Part II

February 15, 2008

Even though I haven’t been posting (life is crazy), I have been faithfully reading a bit of Divisadero each night. I love Michael Ondaatje, but his books require exertion. Every time I pick up the book, I feel like I should be taking notes and making charts. That isn’t to say that the book is [...]

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Divisadero, Part I

February 11, 2008

I started Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje over the weekend. I didn’t get much reading time in, though, because I was either playing with the family or sleeping. Despite the limited time I gave to it, Divisadero pulled me in right away. The prose is so different and yet easy to read. The story begins on [...]

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The Sweet Far Thing, Part IV

February 7, 2008

We have turned a corner! I see resolution and falling action in the near future. Gemma has finally resolved to do SOMETHING. Sure, she’s leaning a little toward the evil side, but I think she’s already beginning to see the error in that path. Also, the love story is beginning to come together. At last! [...]

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The Sweet Far Thing, Part III

February 6, 2008

I’m STILL reading The Sweet Far Thing. I’m now about 500 pages in. I still like it a lot, but I think, at this point, I’m just reading it to see how it ends, not for the joy of reading. And that’s okay with me, I guess. Some elements of the book are a little [...]

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