Comments on: Review: The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup

By: Narrative Nonfiction 5: Women Writers

Narrative Nonfiction 5: Women Writers — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:36:51 +0000

[...] the world of orchid hunting and obsession. I also read one collection of Orlean’s essays, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup, while on vacation last [...]

By: Saturday Review of Books: March 28, 2009 at Semicolon

Saturday Review of Books: March 28, 2009 at Semicolon — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:00:44 +0000

[...] Blog (The Purity Myth)167. Vasilly (Hansel and Gretel)168. Vasilly (Reading Journal)169. Sophisticated Dorkiness (The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup)170. J.C. Montgomery (A Lucky Child)171. J.C. Montgomery (The House of The Spirits)172. krin (Six [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:33:42 +0000

Yay, good! I think you’ll like it, and if you read the profiles one at a time, I think they’ll be great.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Good I can’t find a good balance between concise reviews and reviews that say all the stuff I want to say about books, so I thought I’d try doing a “review in short” portion for people to easily find, then let them read the rest of the review if they want to learn more.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:31:46 +0000

I wish I’d done it in shorter pieces; I don’t think I gave the last few profiles the attention I deserved because I just wanted to finish the book!

By: Debi

Debi — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:43:28 +0000

Thanks for the great review! I now know that I definitely do want to pick this one up. And I’m actually a big fan of books that can be read in small doses.

By: FlamingoHotelLaughlin

FlamingoHotelLaughlin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:10:21 +0000

Nice review, very good. Thanks for the info

By: Dorte H

Dorte H — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:02:57 +0000

A good, short and very useful review

By: bermudaonion

bermudaonion — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:19:01 +0000

This almost sounds like it would be better if it wasn’t read all at one time.