pecsenye's reviews
190 reviews

Better than anything published since 1990.

This was really about runners over 70. I was looking for advice and tips about running in my newly menopausal body, and this was nothing but stories of people running in their 70s and 80s. Maybe this is a good book, but it's not what it's billed as. 

She sounds like a normal, lovely person. 

Very wry and funny. 

Explains from start to finish why to run a sprint and how to run a sprint. Published in 2016 so it needs info on running sprints remotely, but otherwise it's very complete. 

A sweet, short novella about a lonely ND fourth-grade boy who becomes infatuated with the lady who sells fresh sandwiches at the supermarket. Very sweet and intense in its stream-of-consciousness with the boy's constant questions and trying to figure things out. 

The writing and transformation is wonderful but the violence and abuse are very hard to read. 

Wow. 

These get better and better. This one is my favorite yet, as Andy works through his own problems and has time to realize that other people have problems, too. I love the resurfacing of Pat in this one, too. 

The big examples are outdated and clichéd stories of mostly white men who've fallen up, but Jiang's own stories and project are fascinating.