I recently read Lynn Peril's book about girls going to college. It's called College Girls: Bluestockings, Sex Kittens, and Co-eds, Then and Now. It's a pretty good book, as these sort of casually chatty histories of things go. Nifty graphics, too. I read most of it yesterday while waiting for editorial assignments to land on my desk at this office where I was helping out; I read the rest of it this morning, sitting on my couch (see photo). Like I said, I enjoyed the book, but I was left with two burning questions that are nagging at me, even after I've returned the book to the library.
1. Why, out of a 350 or so page book, was there no mention of Mary McCarthy's The Group?
and
2. Why the hell isn't there an index?
Please, Ms. Peril, consider these questions if you ever do a revised edition.
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Edith Rye, as you have been most favorite and trusted biblio-expert of all time, what new novel would you advise? They have opened a Borders downstairs and it even has a graphic novels section hidden under the stairs. But I am left wondering "whatever shall I buy at this wayward station?"
Cold turky, what are some good books out this year?
MC
PS: cute pic of the Foot :D
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