Interesting to know that you skipped the essay on David Foster Wallace 🙂 I was really tempted to do that, because each page was tough to read. But if I don’t read a section of a book, I don’t get the satisfaction that I normally get when I finish reading a book. So I ploughed through with a lot of effort.

I actually bought a book by David Foster Wallace at the bookstore the other day. There were two books at the store – one an essay collection and another a short story collection. The short story collection, looked like it had densely packed prose and so I kept it back. The essay collection looked quite humorous (it is called ‘Consider the Lobster’) and so I got it. I am looking forward to reading it soon.

Thanks for stopping by! I agree with you that some of the essays were harder to get through – I actually skipped the David Foster Wallace one. I figure I can always go back to it once I’ve read David Foster Wallace and have some idea what she’s talking about. :p

I enjoyed reading your review of Zadie Smith’s book. I finished reading it this week and enjoyed reading it. Different essays were in different styles and that made it more interesting. I found some of the essays tough to read – especially the one on David Foster Wallace. But there were many others which were very enjoyable – especially the one on Katharine Hepburn and Greta Garbo. I have posted my review of the book here – http://vishytheknight.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/book-review-no-13-changing-my-mind-by-zadie-smith/

Do have a look if you are interested and do let me know what you think.

I do still want to give Paxman a try, but I’ll bear this in mind when I read his book. I’m glad I bought the Fox book!

Y’all drink so much tea. When I was at Essex and I would go out clubbing with my flatmates, we’d get back late late at night, and I’d be all set to collapse into bed, and someone else would say “Shall I put the kettle on?” and we’d all have tea and toast. 😛

BTW, British is wholly different.