Slog - Comments on The One Book Left Behind http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind Something like 25 books found new homes at last night's Slog Happy, and hopefully we'll be running commenter reviews of those books very soon. Unfortunately, there was one book that nobody wanted to read. Sitting on the bench at 9:20, all alone amidst the empty beer bottles and melted ice, was Babylon Rolling, by Amanda Boyden. It's a novel about people in New Orleans. Here's what Toronto's Globe and Mail had to say about Babylon Rolling: “Few contemporary novels are, at their root, as compelling about the relationship between a city and the people who live there. Boyden’s Babylon... Copyright 2008 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:39:17 -0800 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:36:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Cat in Chicago The cover is yucky! Put it in a book jacket and see what happens - just as a test.

]]> Cat in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140215 Books Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:46:51 -0800 Comment by Chris from N.O. I've got McCain fatigue. Can we send him to the isle of misfit politicians?

]]> Chris from N.O. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140223 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140223 Books Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:51:09 -0800 Comment by Fnarf You should read Ned Sublette's The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver To Congo Square. Fucking genius. Is there a more complex story in history than slavery? Did you know slaves in the Spanish zone could and did own slaves themselves?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140225 Books Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:51:32 -0800 Comment by Sweeney Agonistes Oh my god, the new Oxford American is out? Paul, you just made my shitty, shitty day.

]]> Sweeney Agonistes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140275 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140275 Books Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:14:15 -0800 Comment by Carollani Exactly. The cover.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140288 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140288 Books Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:18:48 -0800 Comment by PopTart You know, I tried to drum up the energy to say I'd take it but I just can't. I'm sorry poor little book, but maybe someday Santa will come and rescue you from the Island of Misfit Books and deliver you to someone who will love and appreciate you.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140383 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1140383 Books Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:06:15 -0800 Comment by Kristin Bell If you want to mail it to me, I will give it a good home:

Kristin Bell
PO Box 822735
Vancouver, WA 98682
USA

If you want, I could write a review too! Let me know! :) I heart books! :)

]]> Kristin Bell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1141203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/the_one_book_left_behind#c1141203 Books Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:36:22 -0800