The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
I'm giving this collection and overall rating of 4,though there were some pieces in there that I disliked intensely. The overall quality of the selections, though, was fantastic. My favorite, I think, was "Bill Clinton, Public Citizen" - it was interesting and contained perhaps the most effective and comic use of subheadings. I'm a fan of subheadings. Or perhaps "Best American Diary of the Living Dead" - hilarious."Naptune's Navy" was interesting. Compared to most collections, I actually enjoyed about 90 percent of the writings in here. What surprised me even more is that I liked the non-fiction even better than the fiction. There are some fantastic essays in here, from "White Train, " to the article on Bill Clinton, to the fantastic look at how we appreciate beauty as human, "Pearls Before Breakfast." This is a good collection, and one I'm glad I picked up.
What do You think about The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 (2008)?
The last three stories were by far the best, glad I pushed through some of the snoozers.
—SyZ
Entertaining and really good when you're too busy to get into a novel.
—River
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 by Dave Eggers (2008)
—coy
