Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Alphabet Challenge Round 21


K is for Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman. He goes on a cross-country journey to visit the places where famous musicians died. On his journeys he grows very introspective about his different relationships with women, his relationship with himself, and the relationship between living and dying.

I really enjoy his writing style. He writes a little like how I talk. He has a great ‘ear’ for dialogue making this book very readable. I ended up quoting several things on Twitter.

Klosterman will probably remind you of either yourself or one of your friends. He’s an interesting guy with a good sense of humor and interesting taste in music. He has the pop culture pretension of a hipster but the desperation of a normal guy. His ultimate conclusion after his epic journey? “It seems like love and death and rock n’ roll are the same experience.”

A - American Virgin by Steven Seagle
B
C
D - Divergent by Veronica Roth
E - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
F - Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
G - The Great Fables Crossover by Bill Willingham
H - How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
I - I Do But I Don't by Kamy Wicoff
J - Jane Austen Made Me Do It edited by Laurel Ann Nattress
K - Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman
L - A Little Night Magic by Lucy March
M - Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
N - Naked City edited by Ellen Datlow
O - One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
P
Q - Q & A by Vikas Swarup
R - Reality Bites Back by Jennifer L. Pozner
S - Songs of Love and Death edited by George R. R. Martin
T - The Tao of Dating by Ali Binazir
U - Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman
V
W - White Girl Problems by Babe Walker
X - XVI by Julia Karr
Y - Yoga Bitch by Suzanne Morrison
Z - Zoo Story by Thomas French

Current Music: Kashmir by Led Zepplin

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