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"Sex,
Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs : A Low Culture Manifesto" by
Chuck Klosterman
There's a lot more cold cereal than sex or drugs in Klosterman's nostalgic, patchy collection of pop cultural essays, which, despite sparks of brilliance, fails to cohere. Having graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1994, Klosterman (Fargo Rock City) seems never to have left that time or place behind. He is an ironically self-aware, trivia-theorizing, unreconstructed slacker: "I'm a `Gen Xer,' okay? And I buy shit marketed to `Gen Xers.' And I use air quotes when I talk.... Get over it." The essay topics speak for themselves: the Sims, The Real World, Say Anything, Pamela Anderson, Billy Joel, the Lakers/Celtics rivalry, etc. The closest Klosterman gets to the 21st century is Internet porn and the Dixie Chicks. This is a shame, because he's is a skilled prose stylist with a witty, twisted brain, a photo-perfect memory for entertainment trivia and has real chops as a memoirist. Read more
"Reality Check : A For Better or For Worse Collection" by
Lynn Johnston They say life is what happens while you?re busy making other plans. And in the latest update of the Patterson family, life is ?happening? and a few new realities have set in. ? Still adjusting to their status as newlyweds, Mike and Deanna find that two cannot live as cheaply as one, and then learn an unexpected baby is on the way. ? After discovering that her live-in boyfriend was cheating on her, Elizabeth swaps steady date for blank slate. ? And Grandpa Jim catches everyone (including himself) off-guard when he and Iris elope to England. Life, it seems, always has a new surprise in store. Read more
"The Hitman Diaries" by
Danny King For Ian, being a hitman means good money, security and a neverending supply of contracts. It sometimes causes problems with his lady friends, but by and large, they accept his frequent absences. But Ian faces a moral conflict when he's given a contract to get rid of Janet, the only woman who really understands him. And moral conflicts are not something that Ian can handle. Dark and funny, The Hitman Diaries continues Danny King's unique take on what makes lowlife characters tick. Read more
"How to Ruin Your Love Life" by
Ben Stein
A good love relationship isn’t really that important. In fact, it uses up a lot of time you could spend thinking about yourself . . . and doing things all alone or with your drunken, loser friends. That’s why Ben Stein has written How to Ruin Your Love Life. Following up on the wild success of his pioneering "do-the-opposite-of-what-I-say" self-help book, How to Ruin Your Life, he now brings you, in 44 easy-to-follow-steps, ways to definitively and absolutely . . . ruin your love life. Read more
