1. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken:This was the best book I read all year. No hemming, no hawing, no second guessing — the best. McCracken’s memoir about giving birth to a stillborn child and all that follows is heartbreaking, darkly funny, and something everyone on the planet should [...]
Posts Tagged: Andrew Davidson
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Nov 08
The Gargoyle makes me sound like a stoner
Andrew Davidson’s debut novel The Gargoyle, is the kind of book that gives me nextbookaphobia.
This is a condition marked by great fear of starting a new book because there is no way that it can possibly live up to the last book you read, because that last book was really fucking good. I’ve experienced this [...]

