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Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
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I have Sam Savage's latest book, The Cry of the Sloth, on my 101010 list, and I've been hearing good things about Firmin as well.
Haven't restructured yet, but have read #23, Firmin , a book about a literary rat in Boston and his life. At first I found the writing a bit too much, but after I got into it I really liked the book. I loved the descriptions of the surroundings, and the book titles Firmin attached to certain ...
I finished Firmin this morning and really liked it. Now onto Dead until Dark for a vampire fix :D
... Peel Pie Society this morning and just loved it so much. It was great!
On the way home this afternoon I will start Firmin :D
... missing bits out) and Age of Wonder on my TBR pile - and I might get that one for my stepdad for Christmas too - and Firmin is so sweet! Strange to start with, but so lovely once you 'settle in'. Now all this book talk is making me want to dive back into my own current pile!
... Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Blood Music by Greg Bear
The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes
Firmin by Sam Savage
And my mom also gave me a seventies craft book that she found out she had twice. Yay!
Oh I loved Cutting for Stone, definitely one of my favorites for the year :) Firmin sounds like a fun book, I will have to add it to my wishlist.
>223 And to respond to your post about the worst perpetrators, Bonnie, I would have to say that this thread and you in general are probably the ...
*sighs with relief*
I am glad you liked Firmin , Bonnie. At the start I was just finding it all a bit weird, but I really sunk into it and parts of it moved me so much I ended up in tears! What a little sweetie...
Firmin . Listening to a rat's observations about life was surprisingly funny and entertaining, especially when said rat was so well-read. Thanks for the rec, Ellie.
I picked My Jim by Nancy Rawles off a library display about local authors because I thought it was on my list of ...
... Devil (a book I bough because of the cover, lol) and one of these days I will actually read it.
I am on the fence about Firmin . I guess I will just have to track down a copy and see if I like it or not!
... reality, he had not involvement with at all. The book may have been a tad too long, but I enjoyed it on the whole.
107. Firmin by Sam Savage
A quirky little book about a rat who lives in a bookshop and learns how to read. It wasn't as cutesy as that brief description might suggesti and was ...
... explaining... Gees! I'm not making this any better, am I? Anyway, I hope your knees aren't quivering, Ellie! I noticed Firmin was your recommendation! *Dum de dum dum...*
... requests at the library and it's been fun to see what comes in together. This weekend, I picked up French Milk, Fruit, Firmin , The Idea of Perfection amd Graceland. Plus, I've still got Hummingbird's Daughter and What I Love checked out.
I've already read Fruit and French Mi ...
... Funke (11/05/09)
125. Fruit - Brian Francis (11/07/09)
126. French Milk - Lucy Knisley (11/08/09)
127. Firmin - Sam Savage (11/?/09)
128. My Jim - Nancy Rawles (11/?/09)
129. What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt (11/24/09)
130. The New York Regional Mormon Singles Hal ...
OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.
... Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer (Started 7-12-2009 - Finished 8-12-2009 #22 )
4) Firmin - Sam Savage (Started 8-12-2009 - Finished 9-12-2009 #23 )
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* My motto is to read everything I buy (so I read reverse chronologically to what I ...
... quand, pour appuyer son propos, l'auteur énumère les transferts d'éditeurs entre les différentes maisons.
37. Firmin de Sam Savage
un petit conte moderne, publié à Actes Sud : un rat naît dans une cave de Boston dans les années 60. Il s'avère que cette cave appartient à une ...
... by Nick Hornby
7) Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade: How to Survive Life's Smaller Challenges by Guy Browning
8) Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage
9) Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
10) Egypt's Golden Empire: The Age of the New Kingdom by Joyce Tyldesley
11) ...
... stories are very popular in Spain. And the most popular detective TV show there seems to take after this book.
45. Firmin by Sam Savage. The shape of this book is the first interesting thing about it. It's a fun book. It'll make you smile.
46. A Pirate of Exquisite Mind by Diana and M ...
... damaging our lives and what we can do about it by Dr. Aric Sigman
4) The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
5) Firmin by Sam Savage
6) My Autobiography by Charles Chaplin
7) Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey - The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World by Holley Bishop
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... K. Le Guin, 3 Stars
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, 3 1/2 Stars
Time and the River by Zee Edgell, 3 stars
Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage, 3 1/2
BOOK 74 Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage
164 Pages
This is a funny, odd, and slightly disturbing illustrated book about the life of an intellegent and literate rat living in the basement of a Boston Bookstore in the 1960's. I enjoyed this short and unusual story.
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The first book that jumped to mind for me was Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife , but the description doesn't really fit.
... luck with the ER books. The only two I really couldn't stand were How Do I Love Thee? and Weaving a Way Home. Oh, and Firmin was just not for me. Most of the others were things I won't rave about but did enjoy. And a few have become favorites (most lately A Reliable Wife). I have ...
... 3 Stars
72. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, 3 1/2 Stars
73. Time and the River by Zee Edgell, 3 stars
74. Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage, 3 1/2 Stars
August:
75. How Sex Works by Sharon Moalem, 3 Stars
76. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ...
... by Sophie Kinsella
5. Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter
6. Who's That Girl by Alexandra Potter
7. * Firmin by Sam Savage *
8. Blood is the New Black by Valerie Stivers
9. Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger
... Princess Bride. Another funny one on my tbr is Get Shorty. By the way, I went to Books A Million and got a copy of Firmin . It had made my wishlist twice, so I knew that I had to have it. :) I let my daughter read it first, though. Have a great day!
--BJ
... daughter and her friend. What a happy video. I will be singing that all day long. My daughter just read Persepolis and Firmin and I hope to read those soon, too. Oops! I have to relinquish the computer. Have a great weekend!!
--BJ
... I meant to ask you atlargeintheworld: why don't you like the term magical realism?
I was going to suggest it for Firmin until I read that you didn't like it. Admittedly, I don't think it quite fits either, but maybe because I'm comparing it with other titles in that genre. I thought Sa ...
... or the type of narration. Which also helps when I'm looking for books with animal protagonists, for example.
I loved Firmin BTW.
> barkingmatt
get her a copy of Firmin . maybe she will learn something as she eats it, like he does!
I so want to read Firmin ... Maybe I'll get it next time I allow myself a bookbuying spree! Plus, then I'll get to use the tag "outlandish reality!"
easy solution: i highly suggest Firmin (in case i've not made that clear!)
ok. i have now entered into some serious Sam Savage love. not only did he write Firmin , which i loved so much it's cause me to dive back into questioning my classifications, he also may have just saved me from myself. in an interview
... to give some a smile when i can. if you really want to chuckle (and see what a total weirdo i am) check out my review of Firmin . i think i was feeling particularly sentimental at the moment.
>merrymary- i like where you're headed with Allegory. hmm, must think on that one.
>jimroberts- ...
... story. If pushed, I might say a fanciful animal story. And an Allegory. Definitely not fantasy.
I haven't read Firmin , so I can't be intelligent about it. (Am I ever?)
... book, kind of a throw back to when fairy tales were about children getting eaten by big bad wolves and such (4 stars)
Firmin by Sam Savage: best book i've read in a long time. one of my new favorites. just amazing. (5 stars)
i just finished reading Firmin by Sam Savage and it has brought up a recurring problem i have about categorization.
i hate to call this book a fantasy. i mean, in basic terms, i know that is probably the most appropriate genre, but fantasy means something different to me. wikipedia seems to ...
Firmin has brought up a recurring problem i have about categorization. i hate to call this book a fantasy. i mean, in basic terms, i know that is probably the most appropriate genre, but fantasy means something different to me. wikipedia seems to be suggesting the subgenre "low fantasy" (isn't ...
... wasn't even mad when we spent another $50 to have her put to sleep. he even buried her next to his cherished dog Jake.
Firmin , for me, was a total love story for Daisy. having had her in my life made it all the more beautiful, especially the last few chapters. and i'm not ashamed to say ...
they are getting better and better! Firmin is one of my new favorites. it was just AWESOME!
the new good books just keep getting better. Firmin may have just nosed (hehe, get it? it's about a rat...) it's way into contention for one of my top 5 books. it's seriously good. delicious (haha, you really have to read this book)! even when i was almost in tears, i was loving every sec. i can't ...
I've just finished Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage, and have started reading Home: a Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews.
Thanks for the insights on Firmin . I've got it and will be reading it soon.
... The Rats of NIMH and The Amazing Maurice and his educated rodents being two that I recall so I was intrigued to see how Firmin would address it. As normal, something goes awry and the rat gets clever: as an aside, why does the rat have to "get" sentient - from my (albeit limited) experience ...
has anyone read Firmin by Sam Savage? it sounds perfect for my books about books category and i've heard a lot about it, but no one i know has actually read it.
... Graceling by Kristin Cashore (5/12) 3.5 stars
4. Homicide in Hardcover (5/17) 3.5 stars
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10. Firmin by Sam Savage (5/19) 5 stars- i'm listing this here because i counted it towards Books about Books, which it ultimately is, but it's such a superb Debut Novel that ...
... of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Rigler (4/6) 1.5 stars
5. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (4/22) 4 stars
6. Firmin by Sam Savage (5/19) 5 stars
7. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (5/23) 4 stars
8. The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde (6/17) 4 stars
9. The Book Thief ...
... hore
32. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
33. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
34. Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
35. Firmin by Sam Savage
36. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
37. The Dying Animal by Philip Roth
June:
38. The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
39. The Diam ...
... no doubt we'll escape and soon as I am less than halfway through the book, The Hippopotamus Pool.
Meanwhile, I'm with Firmin the rat in a modern-day Boston slum that seems destined for the wrecking ball.
... hore
34. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
35. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
36. Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
37. Firmin by Sam Savage
38. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
39. The Dying Animal by Philip Roth
June:
40. The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
41. The Diam ...
... guest Howard Carter in The Hippopotamus Pool.
Meanwhile, back in modern-day Boston, I've just settled in with Firmin the rat who has begun his life's history. I've heard a lot about this book, but it hasn't "grabbed" me yet. I'll give it a few more chapters...
... friends for a non-alcoholic drink after work) and walked past the buy one, get one half price offer.
So I came home with Firmin which I've great things about on here and, as a former rat owner, I couldn't resist. I also got The Black Swan which I've had my eye on for a while, as it looked ...
... and also very sad at the inability to get along. I liked the writing and the characters. The story was interesting.
34. Firmin by Sam Savage, Completed 3/29/09, Stars: 3.5
Short novel about a rat named Firmin in 1960s Boston who somehow develops the capacity for human language ...
... and also very sad at the inability to get along. I liked the writing and the characters. The story was interesting.
Firmin by Sam Savage, Completed 3/29/09, Stars: 3.5
Short novel about a rat named Firmin in 1960s Boston who somehow develops the capacity for human language ...
Have been reading and not posting.
I finished Firmin the story of a literary rat in 1960s Boston. It was short, and a quick read. I didn't have trouble getting into it, in fact I enjoyed it, except for the end. It was a let down, a fizzle. There was no point. It was 'life sucks and then ...
I am in 1960s Boston with the birth of the rat Firmin .
I loved Firmin ! It took a while to get used to the style and odd viewpoint but I was completely hooked by the end, it's a unique story!
... all have prejudice, and also suffer it. Though they all live together they find things to fight about.
I am now reading Firmin by Sam Savage about a literary rat.
...
Tentative:
40. Watermind (review)
41. Devil's Gate
42. This Republic of Suffering
43. Eternity Road
44. Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife (review)
45. Israel: A History
46. My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy
47. 100 Cupboards
... Baricco
- The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
BOOKS READ:
- Never Hit a Jellyfish With a Spade by Guy Browning
- Firmin by Sam Savage
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
- Egypt's Golden Empire: The Age of the New Kingdom by Joyce Tyldesley
Oh holy crap. So THAT'S where all my ...
I am still waiting for Firmin which I won in November.
>46 SqueakyChu - try Sam Savage's Firmin for something along similar lines. My review's on the product page - it was odd, sweet, heartbreaking, intelligent, all at once, and though I was a bit sceptical at first I ended up loving it!
Just finished (and reviewed) Firmin by Sam Savage - odd, sweet, literary, well worth a read. It's also pretty deep and melancholy, so I've decided to skip over some of the great and worthy TBRs on my pile and head back to the Twilight saga for a couple of days, and get me a bit of excitement and ...
8) Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage
This book is quite unlike anything I have ever read before - and I must admit, when I first started reading it I thought I had made one of my very infrequent reading mistakes and that I wasn't going to finish it. In the most basic ...
... I struggled with Dr Zhivago simply because I couldn't keep track of all the names!
>124 porchsitter55 - my copy of Firmin - about a rat who eats books and learns to read - is getting me a bit the same way. Hopefully it'll pick up but despite its eloquence it feels very self-conscious ...
... would enjoy it I think, it's like an extended version of these threads, very funny too.
So now I'm reading Firmin by Sam Savage (about a melancholic literature-eating rat living in a bookstore), which looks like it will be quite profound and lyrical but possibly a bit confusing. ...
Firmin will be going on my TBR pile. It sounds like an interesting story and I love illustrated books.
Nice reviews!
Saving Fish From Drowning and Firmin are both going on my list. Thanks for the reviews.
13. Firmin - Sam Savage
Dates Read: January 26-28, 2009
Synopsis: Firmin is a rat born in a shredded copy of Finnegan's Wake in the basement of a Boston bookstore, circa 1960. While his siblings are more interested in eating books, Firmin enjoys reading them. He consumes literature and ...
... finished for an anthology. 65,000 words is a SHORT STORY! The Janeway series has always been a pleasure to read for me. Firmin sounds fun! I will go on the lookout for it.
... story is told as each tenant gives their testimony to the police about what happened. Like a game of cultural telephone.
Firmin by Sam Savage
Saw this on LT as an ER (didn't get it). Then saw it in the bookstore. Love the bitemark on the side. Its a story of a literary rat who wants to ...
... is told as each tenant gives their testimony to the police about what happened. Like a game of cultural telephone.
Firmin by Sam Savage
Saw this on LT as an ER (didn't get it). Then saw it in the bookstore. Love the bitemark on the side. Its a story of a literary rat who wants to ...
I was reeaallly hoping for a copy of Firmin . No such luck. Oh, well...let's try the next batch.
>17 Cover blurbs on Firmin are by Philip Pullman, Karen Joy Fowler, the LA Times, and Publisher's Weekly. Inside: some of the same, repeated, plus Jeffrey Frank of The Columninst, Kirkus Review, and Literary Journal.
Fowler: "Surprising and moving meditation on the advantages (and ...
... Lynsay Sands
53. The Immortal Hunter by Lynsay Sands
54. The Seduction of His Wife by Janet Chapman
55. Firmin by Sam Savage
56. Her Notorious Viscount by Jenna Peterson
57. The Stranger in Her Bed by Janet Chapman
58. A Taste of Magic by Tracy Madison ...
I sent my copy of Firmin to recycling, so I can't tell you who blurbed it. I don't keep mediocre books unless I have a research interest in them. Bookshelf space is to hard to come by around here.
>15 but first I have to be doing housework ha ha ha ha ha.
Is Firmin meant to be an adult book? Who blurbed it, out of curiosity?
I was quite disappointed with Firmin as well. Given the lavish praise the book received I expected something much better. I do like fantasy (although I am really picky there), but this book was mediocre at best .
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11. Saving Fish from Drowning - Amy Tan 496 pages
12. Hoot - Carl Hiaasen 292 pages
13. Firmin - Sam Savage 165 pages
14. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris 257 pages
15. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's - ...
... 23)
7) Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade: How to Survive Life's Smaller Challenges - Guy Browning (message 28)
8) Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife - Sam Savage (post 33)
9) Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer (post 38)
10) Egypt's Golden Empire: The Age of the New Kingdom - Joyc ...
... an epic list!
Before Christmas I bought myself a few little, er, 'presents':
Library Confidential by Don Borchett
Firmin by Sam Savage
Bipolar Expeditions by Emily Martin
On Christmas Day itself I got more books:
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia ...
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Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage
I expected this story of a book shop rat who devours texts and learns to read to be a kind of literary ...
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I finished my first book of the year this afternoon, which was also an Early Review book:
1. Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage.
This looks like a children's book; it's full of semi-cute illustrations (a rat playing a toy piano, for ...
I will be trying to clear away two review books before classes begin again, so my first two reads of 2009 will likely be Firmin by Sam Savage (although I may finish this by 12/31) and Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.
Reading through December 15:
146. Firmin by Sam Savage – 148p. Loved it.
147. Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown – 446p. This book was just so sad.
148. Wicked: The life and times of the wicked witch of the West by Gregory Maguire – 406p.
149. An Abundan ...
... The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
6. The Nutcracker The Classic Christmas Fantasy by AlexandreDumas and E.T.A. Hoffman
7. Firmin by Sam Savage
I will be adding new books when I buy them. I will be deleting books as I read them. The next posting will be my list of books as I read them.
I received Santa Responds and a really cool copy of Firmin , one of the Early Reviewer books for November. Everyone in the house is anxious to read that one.
Hmm... Firmin was originally a paperback, but it looks like the author's signed on with Dell and they're reprinting a new edition. They changed the subtitle, so I hope no one buys this thinking it's a sequel.
I'm in awe of the number of books I want from this month's list, but I'm a tad confused by Firmin . It came out in 2006 and was part of B&N's "Discovering New Authors" picks in early 2007.
... by Douglas Coupland
The Outgoing Man by Glen Neath
The Little Girl and the Cigarette by Benoit Duteurtre
Firmin by Sam Savage
The Bandini Quartet by John Fante
Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
Downtown Owl ...
... Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. I consider this one of the most beautiful works of American literature ever written. I hated Firmin . I really don't understand what all the fuss was about. The concept is hardly new and has been done better by others. If you want a light read then The Eyre Affai ...
Abomination by Robert Swindells
The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross
Firmin : adventures of a metropolitan lowlife by Sam Savage
Piggies by Nick Gifford
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
The Twits by Roald Dahl
... Baxter ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
3. You Can’t Win ~ Jack Black ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
4. Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife ~ Sam Savage ~ ♦♦♦♦⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
5. The Barnum Museum ~ Steven Millhauser ~ ♦♦♦1/2⁄ ♦♦♦♦♦
... ooks
Book Design
Wendell Minor
Chip Kidd
From Cover to Cover
Fiction
The Paris Pilgrims
The Overnight
Firmin
... for improvement- she is a first time novelist. But I keep feeling like she is telling rather than showing.
5. Firmin : adventures of a metropolitan lowlife by Sam Savage
Thought it would be good, and the beginning was so promising that I was really excited about it. It got ...
39. Firmin by Sam Savage
An odd and original book by first time author Savage, Firmin is the tale of an intellectual rat for whom this book is named. Born in the basement of a Boston book store and left to fight for food amongst his larger brothers and sisters, Firmin soon realizes the joy of ...
Oh man, was Firmin as good as it sounds? I'm drooling to get my hands on that book.
I purchased:
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Lost Santos de Agua Mansa, California by Alex Espinoza
Firmin by Sam Savage
From Bookmooch:
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
All Cracked Up by Patsy Clairmont
The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies
The La ...
... today, browsing the shelves killing some time, when I came across what is turning out to be a delightful little book called Firmin .
So, now I have yet another book I would like to finish before starting Elantris. Why do I do this to myself!! I should have never gone into the library. I ...
... Caine (337 pages)
32. Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir (402 pages)
33. Windfall by Rachel Caine (334 pages)
34. Firmin by Sam Savage (148 pages)
... The Untouchable by John Banville, but have also picked up Curtain by Agatha Christie.
I really want to get to Firmin asap too, as it has been highly recommended by two book friends. OTOH....I want to get to The Waves by Virginia Woolf asap too......drat!
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