I had the very distinct pleasure of meeting Kirk Farber, author of the recently published Postcards From a Dead Girl, last week. You may be thinking that his title sounds quite morbid, which may be true, but the book is far from it.
Postcards is centered around Sid, a travel agency call center worker who starts to receive these, yep you guessed it... postcards from a girlfriend he hasn't spoken to in a year. He speaks to his deceased mother who hangs out in a bottle of '67 Bordeaux and he communicates quite effectively with his dog, Zero.
Is your interest piqued yet?
Kirk has a deliciously quiet, yet quirky humor that made this book especially entertaining and surprisingly thought provoking. What I mean by that is he takes this idea and these characters and events and makes you, the reader, really think about what's going on. Too many books (and movies) now are created for the sole purpose of letting the reader (or viewer) drone out in meaningless nothingness, but Kirk has found a way to entertain without losing brain activity.
I don't want to give anything away, but let me just say that I LOVED the last chapter. It won't make sense without the context of the book, so don't just read that... you'll just have to go out and read the whole thing!
And as for the voices in my head... that is in reference to a personalized note written on the inner flap of my newly acquired book by the author himself. Signed copies make my heart dance.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Welcome!
In a poorly thought out way of trying to make myself really think about the millions of books that I read, I have decided to start a Book Blog!
Ok, so I don't actually read millions of books, though I wish I did. There are so many out there and there are some 200,000 more that come out each year! Even if I didn't need to eat, sleep or work and spent 24 hours a day, every day all year reading, I don't think I'd get through all of those AND the previously published ones, which is quite sad.
However, I have to start somewhere and reading one is always better than none.
Ok, so I don't actually read millions of books, though I wish I did. There are so many out there and there are some 200,000 more that come out each year! Even if I didn't need to eat, sleep or work and spent 24 hours a day, every day all year reading, I don't think I'd get through all of those AND the previously published ones, which is quite sad.
However, I have to start somewhere and reading one is always better than none.
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