Thursday, June 25, 2009

Haiku Reviews

In honor of the three finest student jornalists [sic] I have ever known (and because I have been seriously slacking), here are 17-syllable reviews of what I've read in the last two weeks:

Brooklyn: A Novel, by Colm Tóibín

Eilis? Pretty bland.
Interesting, but not great,
So why all the fuss?

Angels, by Marian Keyes

Charming and funny,/ Keyes is at her best when she/ Writes of the Walshes.

Precious, by Sandra Novack

Lit'ry? But of course./ Bleak seventies story of/ Gypsies and a perv.

What I Did for Love, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Conventional? Yes./ But hey, it entertained me. /That counts for something.

The Late, Lamented Molly Marx, by Sally Koslow

Total page-turner, /Poignant tale of afterlife./ Did I cry? Maybe.

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