Scott McLeod has launched a contest of sorts at his blog, Dangerously Irrelevant, in which folks are asked to write a book review by adhering to the Twitter-concept of 140 characters. That is not a lot of words, so how you pack meaning into your choice is crucial.
Go ahead. Give it a try.
Here is mine:
The Ten Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America
By David Hajdu
My review: The innocence of millions were lost to comic books, or so politicians would have had us believe. Yet the genre survived intact – thankfully.
Head on over to Dangerously Irrelevant and post your own.
Peace (in brevity),
Kevin
Thanks so much for participating in and publicizing the contest! Good luck!
Thanks Scott.
I just thought of another one.
Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
Independent-minded punk spirit collides with collective theocratic mentality. Neither side wins.