ajunejane's reviews
416 reviews

Outstanding. Because of this book I have greater respect for the graphic novel. Not only that, but I found myself paying more attention to the story than to the art, which is usually the case. Wow. Even brought me to tears at quite a few points. Again, excited to watch the movie now.

This book had me all mixed up and sideways. Truly a postmodern novel, deeply interwoven, but not difficult to follow.

As a lover of words and language, I enjoyed this book immensely if only to commiserate with a fellow lover of words. However, I think the purpose of the book would have been more effective if I had only read the OED myself, or if the author had contained the book to blog posts. I wanted more information but instead got a great deal of the author's personal opinion.

I really enjoyed this. Not only did it make Taoism much more easily understood by my Western, Rabbit mind, but it did so with nostalgic characters from my childhood. A quick read. I think I'll be reading this at least once a month from now on.

My reading of this book was mostly inspired by me finally watching the movie and the fact that I had found the book at a thrift store last summer. The deal with this thrift store was that I could take home a paper grocery bag full of books for 2 dollars. Needless to say I grabbed any classics I found and some titles I recognized, like this one. If it hadn't been for this situation I don't think I would have bought the book. While Julie Powell's style is entertaining and I found myself wanting to read the book and finish it (and also look up David Strathairn), at the end I felt like I could have spent my free time reading something else. Entertaining for a minute, causing me to leaf through a vintage copy of Julia Child's book I found at a separate thrifting occasion; ultimately not worth it. Kind of like watching reality TV. Although I identify with her ennui and seemingly lack of direction and purpose in life, I just couldn't relate to this book as much as I wanted to. The movie was much better (I rarely ever say this).

Pretty good. It is a bit outdated though, being nearly nine years old. While pretty much all of the pop culture references still exist for me, I felt as if I was looking at a time capsule, not only in terms of what was popular or relevant in 2003, but also in terms of Klosterman's opinions and views on life. I feel that as a country we've moved on a great deal from where he puts us. This is not to say that postmodernism is not relevant (although I am ready for whatever comes post-postmodernism), but I don't feel that his assertions quite have the same weight they did then. Despite all the nostalgia (on my part), he writes cleverly and I found it to be a good read overall.

One of the more ridiculous heroines, but still enjoyable. Jane has a good sense of humor. Despite it's length, a quick read.