Book reviews: too long?
Short and sweet in haiku form
Leaves time to read books.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean Dominique Bauby
Man of Elle has stroke
Writes book by blinking one eye
Heartbreaking, quite good.
Saturday - Ian McEwan
Rich man, lengthy thoughts
Angry fight, turns tables yet
does nothing - letdown!
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Affair, then child lies
Lots more story, no real end
Sensing a theme here.
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Clones in the future
Efficient, set, but happy?
Good, short, Savage read.
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
You think high school sucked?
Clones become organ donors
Strange: was there a point?
I Love You, Beth Cooper - Larry Doyle
Nerd woos hot prom queen
In grad night redemption race
Sweet, funny, great read.
Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
Woman reviews life
Smart, Canadian Mean Girls
With paintings; insight.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Kate Atkinson
Tristam Shandy-style
memoir; large family tree
through years. Funny, smart.
Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
Vampire/human love,
Smut for middle school girls, but
Ashamed to say: good.
Now please share your own
To share what's good and what's not
May the best post win.
Slightly related -
Best paper headline ever
On teacher's firing:
"Poetry teacher told to take a haiku."
