The setting was interesting for the overlap in neighborhoods with my own; the ending felt contrived, but the style of the novel made it worth reading.

better the second time through.

Now, we are them.

Read this quickly, and thought the latter part was more interesting. Pollitt’s account of her parents’ experience in the Communist Party and growing up in Brooklyn had a certain resonance that the early essays lacked.

Beautifully written, too.

Second time through, it’s still making me laugh.

http://www.bookism.org/open/2007/01/25/dreaming-in-code-review/

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would—it was a quick two hours, and reminded me of when Salon was essential entertainment.

I didn’t realize how much the main character was modelled after Larry Ellison until I reread this.

Great chapters on Paris and Atlanta so far. It reminds me of City Life.

Interesting for its descriptions of Colette as much as the narratives of Paris.

A curiosity, nothing more than a novella really. She intersperses her attempts to get pregnant with her father’s diary when he was in the Navy. The simplicity of the tale highlights the the circle of life themes.