Comments on: Christmas Books

By: Dave Munger

Dave Munger — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:38:21 +0000

I cheated a bit with the DFW. Greta and I were at the bookstore shopping for stocking stuffers, and I grabbed it and asked her to put it in my stocking!

By: Terri Saul

Terri Saul — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:26:56 +0000

Gave:
Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
(to my 9 year old daughter)
Little Women
(to my 9 year old daughter)
Received:
Richard Misrach: Golden Gate
Bought Myself:
The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks
Pnin, Nabokov
Atomik Aztex,
Sesshu Foster
Writing and Madness,
Shoshana Felman

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:12:33 +0000

So you did get the Wallace, eh? I hope you like it, Dave. If so, I highly recommend checking out his other essay collection. I like both, but I think A Supposedly Fun Thing is stronger.

By: Dave Munger

Dave Munger — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:55:09 +0000

Give:
Starship Troopers
Pendragon
(to my 14-year-old son)
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The Canning Season
(to my 12-year-old daughter)
Receive:
Consider the Lobster
The Kite Runner