More Belly
My first Amazon review is of Lisa Selin Davis’ novel Belly. The review appeared on Collected Miscellany last Friday and after an exchange of emails, Ms. Davis asked me to post it on Amazon. Why? Someone had put up a review calling her a ‘manhater’ and questioning her qualifications as a writer and teacher. Anyway, if you’re curious about the whole thing I signed my name Sir Isaac Newton Gingrich. No I didn’t. The idiotic Amazon process required me to invent a name, so I chose David Thayer. I enjoyed Belly and think Davis is a hell of a good writer. Thanks to Miriam Parker at Time Warner Books who sent me the novel.
Kudos to Booksquare for putting up all the new links that now grace the page. I don’t know how she defied Norton Personal Firewall, a product that now controls my every thought and deed. Internet Explorer cautioned me against visiting this blog, so I pass the warning on in the spirit of blogospheric camaraderie. I forgot to link to Elizabeth Crane, whose story collection All This Heavenly Glory came out earlier this year.
Now that Manny Ramirez doesn’t have to wonder what the heck a ‘Met’ is, I think we can all settle down for the Dog Days. As some of you know, I’ve repeatedly offered my services as ace of the Yankee pitching staff, but no calls from Tampa. I’d need at least ten rehab starts and a hair transplant to get ready now. Don’t come crying to me in October, George.
August 4th, 2005 at 9:31 am
[...] • David Thayer writes about attempting to post a review at Amazon: My first Amazon review is of Lisa Selin Davis’ novel Belly. The review appeared on Collected Miscellany last Friday and after an exchange of emails, Ms. Davis asked me to post it on Amazon. Why? Someone had put up a review calling her a ‘manhater’ and questioning her qualifications as a writer and teacher. Anyway, if you’re curious about the whole thing I signed my name Sir Isaac Newton Gingrich. No I didn’t. The idiotic Amazon process required me to invent a name, so I chose David Thayer. [...]