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EVEN MORE BRIEFLY NOTED: In Which We Cull The Last Sentences From Prominent Book Reviews

Daniel Majerle
June 10, 2012
 

Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me by R. Kelly

“There’s no harm in believing what you read in his memoir, just know that the darkest, most unsettling items have been left off the menu.” –Josh Levin, Slate

 

Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man by Mark Kurlansky

“'Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man’ can be downed in a sitting or two, an ideal entertainment for a summer afternoon in a hammock — best savored with a bowl of fresh blueberries at hand.” –Abigail Meisel, The New York Times

 

No Animals We Could Name by Ted Sanders

“There is beauty to be found there, but you may want to take breaks for air as you go along.” –Sessily Watt, Bookslut

 

Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships by David Levy

“If Levy is right, the era of rambunctious robot love is not far in the future. But I'd advise everyone to hang on to a flesh-and-blood backup.” –Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post

 

Gold by Chris Cleave

“Ultimately Cleave pants so hard while describing what it's like to pedal a bike and how difficult it is to succeed simultaneously as a parent and as a champion that we don't quite feel elated — just exhausted.” –Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

 

Leaving Mundania: Inside the Transformative World of Live-Action Role Playing Games by Lizzie Stark

It's an excellent book about larp, and I recommend it to all larpers, or as a gift to those interested about larp.” –Ivan Zalac, Diary of a Croatian Larper

Daniel Majerle is a writer living in Brooklyn. Neither he nor any of his family members has ever played for the Phoenix Suns, so stop fucking asking.