The Folded Clock : A Diary (Hardcover)

from klack128

I would actually probably give this book 3.5 stars. I really loved Julavits's sense of humor and honesty, and I loved the sometimes seemingly nonlinear turns her journal entries would take before circling back and bringing her tangents all back to one main point. she wrote in a way that I often f...

from CarrieWuj

3.5 "Today I wondered 'What is the worth of a day?'" An intriguing first line and one that strikes a personal note, when I think of the ways we measure our time and accomplishments. The "Today I..." motif repeats as this diary by Julavits spans 2 years of her life: alternating between time in NYC...

from pivic

This is a collection of stuff from Heidi Julavits' diary. The most interesting writings here, to me, are those that either deal with her writing on sexuality and sex, or that which deal with everyday-meets-bizarre stuff. I wasn't expecting anything before reading this, yet while reading, I seldom...

from Karen59

I thought I would like this book and actually thought I might love it. I am a fan of her other books and it is the type of book I gravitate to. Smart, funny woman who writes about her day, about the minutia that makes up the "stuff of life and what it was like for her. At times I laughed, at time...

from albertgoldfain

A hit and miss mix-tape of observations, Julavits uses the form well, but I wasn't sure (as a baseline) how funny or serious or canonical each entry was supposed to be. Certainly clever enough to warrant a read.