Welcome to Litsy!

I enjoyed some of these essays more than others, but what all of them had in common was that I really liked Bissell's writing style. That combined w/the theme of creativity & creators really inspired me to want to begin writing again. I've been craving writing time for days now. I probably most appreciated "A Simple Medium" & "Invisible Girl," but many others had interesting thoughts to contemplate. It took me a while, but I'm glad I finished it.

Spent last night reading about writing about writing about writing. 😄

This is a tentative #MayTBR, but I don't know the next #EclecticReaders pick or if I would rather do some more rereads and series reads. I'm okay with just doing what I feel like, and #ItsGonnaBeMe.
#AMonthofSongs

Earned this today. 😆

Want some, @MrBook ?

I can't quite do a #TBRshelfie because I'm reading most of these by Kindle, and I'm doing some reorganization of my library anyway. However, here are some March goals! #LiteraryLuck

Bissell is at his best when writing exclusively about a female referent (the terrific "Invisible Girl") or in the complete absence of one. Otherwise, you get moments where engaging in ironic misogyny goes over like a lead fart & earnest looks at tabboo subjects can't pass without clumsy conflations and unneccesary assumptions. Inexperience can excuse some earlier writings (the book arcs 16 years), but persisting flaws mar otherwise fine writing.

Am probably leaning towards a "so-so" for this collection, mainly due to the roughness of the essays from the first 5-6 years of Bissel's career.

Extra Lives was my introduction to Bissell and remains one of my favorite essay collections. When I saw he had another essay collection in a similar vein, you know I had to snap it up.