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A review by asurges
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 by Dave Eggers
4.0
An eclectic collection of magazine pieces, a list of the strangest Facebook groups, and my current favorite, the Kensington Police Blotter. I was shaking from laughing so hard.
Update: This book reminds me of Eggers' "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius." Great ideas, great introduction, and then wah wah wah. I had my favorite pieces: "Cake," which had some heart, unlike many of the other pieces, the previously mentioned pieces (the Kensington Police Blotter is a scream), and a blog by someone trapped in a city full of zombies, which was hilarious. The fiction often left me cold at times--not my style, but I'm giving this four stars because the writing is obviously still very good and executed well.
Update: This book reminds me of Eggers' "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius." Great ideas, great introduction, and then wah wah wah. I had my favorite pieces: "Cake," which had some heart, unlike many of the other pieces, the previously mentioned pieces (the Kensington Police Blotter is a scream), and a blog by someone trapped in a city full of zombies, which was hilarious. The fiction often left me cold at times--not my style, but I'm giving this four stars because the writing is obviously still very good and executed well.