Fairly pleased with myself today. Left work at 4:30 and
shopped at Target, took a
walk, picked up sticks in the backyard, chatted on the phone long distance with oldest friend, listened to Basil Rathbone read The Raven, and then found time to read a book review in the NYT, paper of record. I will now review the book review, by Garry Wills, of The
Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick. At first I thought it would be neat to write a "found poem" of words and phrases from the review that resonated somehow with me. And that would be a neat idea, but I'm not going to do that. I'll just focus on a few interesting comments. The reviewer does a good job of comparing bits from Barack's autobiography with contrasting pieces from Remnick's bio. Okay, I'm just going to focus on one interesting comment. The book sounds good. I may read it, but I'm not positive.
Fairly pleased with myself today. Left work at 4:30 and shopped at Target, took a walk, picked up sticks in the backyard, chatted on the phone long distance with oldest friend, listened to Basil Rathbone read The Raven, and then found time to read a book review in the NYT, paper of record. I will now review the book review, by Garry Wills, of The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick. At first I thought it would be neat to write a "found poem" of words and phrases from the review that resonated somehow with me. And that would be a neat idea, but I'm not going to do that. I'll just focus on a few interesting comments. The reviewer does a good job of comparing bits from Barack's autobiography with contrasting pieces from Remnick's bio. Okay, I'm just going to focus on one interesting comment. The book sounds good. I may read it, but I'm not positive.
Comments
I was thinking of reading The Bridge, but I thought the review indicated the book is only so-so, and I read another review that said it's not that good.
D/
N
N, was that nice or what?
A sweet start to the morning.
Heading in to the compound for some curriculum mapping. WOOHOO!
jw
You done good.
D/
I think this book sounds really interesting. At 600 pages, I won't have finished it by the time the next "life and times of Obama" book comes out!