July 2008

26 July 2008

Mad Men

Mad Men

I love the show Mad Men. I would explain it, but Kevin Alexander does a fantastic job: “The show is about the NYC ad world in 1960 – a place filled with white dudes drinking martinis and whiskey at lunch and making vaguely to explicitly offensive remarks about anyone who is not in their highly…Read More

18 July 2008

My Sister’s Keeper

My Sister’s Keeper is about Anna, an artificially-conceived perfect genetic match for her sister Kate, who has a rare form of leukemia.

16 July 2008

The Devil’s Picnic

The premise of The Devil’s Picnic is simple: Taras Grescoe goes to various countries, most of which seem to have something to do with France, and commits borderline illegal acts of a culinary persuasion.

14 July 2008

Year of Wonders

Calling this book Year of Wonders seems a little optimistic, considering how many characters die tragically.

6 July 2008

Bitchfest

On Andi Zeisler and Lisa Jervis’ Bitchfest, a compilation of feminist pop culture.