Books, etc...

A few book reviews:
"Shes Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. A good book, definetaly one that Oprah would put in her book club. About mothers, daughters, and feelings. Typical Oprah book club style. I really enjoyed the book, but it was very similar to We Were The Mulvaneys (Joyce Carole Oates) and The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold.)

"The Bonfire of the Vanities" by Tom Wolfe. I have been wanting to read a Tom Wolfe book for a while because I have heard that he is what is considered to be a "new journalist" ala Hunter S. Thompson. I really like Thompson's writing so was very excited to read some Wolfe. This book seemed like it would be a good play. So many characters, different plot lines that all get mixed together into one at the end. It is about what happens when a Wall Street financier and Park Avenue property owner Sherman McCoy hits a young black teen in the Bronx and then leaves the scene without reporting it to police. McCoy is then brought to justice and the whole thing is made into a big deal because all cases must be treated equally. My sympathies actually lied with McCoy, even though he was the one that commited the "crime." I'm not sure how this book is "new journalism" but it was pretty good.

Currently reading "The Accidental" by Ali Smith. Randomly picked this up at a book store. At first I didn't like the writing style too much. It is kind of like a painting at an art gallery that is a big red circle on a black canvas that is selling for 1 million dollars. Sort of weirdly contemporary. But after the first few chapters I have started to warm up to it. Will report more when finished.