MarisaL87

""Wait. They don't love you like I love you."-Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps" The early 00's (the aughties?) saw an explosion of guitar-based rock and roll and New York City reclaiming it's position as the epicenter of cool. Sometimes called the rock reviv..." Permalink

"I'm right in the wheelhouse of this book: I grew up listening to basically every band she talks about/to, I still think Is This It is one of the best rock albums ever released, etc. I wish this book had been a bit more focused: too many chapters a..." Permalink

"Part travelogue, part nature study, and part spiritual odyssey (my least favorite kind of odyssey), "The Snow Leopard" is Peter Matthiessen's 1978 National Book Award winner about the author's travels in the Himalayas. Mathtiessen writes well and ..." Permalink

"book is 310 pages...I could not get past page 30...the father-son discussion on whether it is raining or not did me in ( pages 22-24 )...life is too short" Permalink

"At 800 pagers, yes it is a big commitment but so worth the read. This is a book to read as a young woman then read again in middle age and again in your senior years. Caught in a web of strict social norms of the period, the characters make deci..." Permalink