The Water Knife

You better believe that when I went to conference that was all about storytelling I left with a couple of books.  The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi was one of them.  It was particularly cool to read The Water Knife after I spent two days listening to Paolo speak on various panels about storytelling.  I'd …

The Life and Death of Sophie Stark

The Life and Death of Sophie Stark by Anna North was one of the most interesting stories I've read in long time.  It's a study of an artist that gets so caught up in her art and storytelling that she often chooses art over relationships and it's told by the other people in these relationships. …

Consider the Lobster

Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace is not at all what I expected.  To be fair my expectations were fairly vague and not entirely formed prior to picking up  the book, but the point still stands.  This book did take me a bit longer to get through than I was anticipating, partly because the …