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...dreams with images of willowy, "dusky maidens" welcoming Saskia the Wanderer into distant ports. Carefully balanced between worlds, with the imaginative richness of her inner ocean just managing to stave off the outside world of adolescent rebellion and incipient high-school geekdom, Saskia's mental dialogue with the reader will remind many of us of ourselves at that paradoxically selfabsorbed, doubting and arrogant, callous and tender...
...Hall's solidity in maintaining and expanding Saskia's consciousness and her narrative to the reader that makes the book consistently interesting and enjoyable to read. The body of the plot takes off in the second part when Saskia receives a letter from Thomas in Denmark inviting her to come spend the summer hiking north with him. Saskia and Jane take off for the land of the Phaiakians (the name of a god-like race in the Odyssey, whom Saskia in typical fashion maps onto her father's unknown people). The rest of the novel evolves into a series...
...Reader comment No.3: "I don't like reading The Crimson because the ink comes off on my fingers." The Reader Representative often has the same problem. But it is a newspaper--get over it. Or else, may I suggest The Crimson On-Line...
...Reader comment No.4: "The Crimson has covered the debate over pizza quality in Harvard Square as if there were only two pizza shops around. Though other pizza shops are not open until the early morning, there are other places to look for quality pizza. Sincerely, Manager, Bertucci's Harvard Square." In my opinion, Bertucci's lacks the minimum amount of greasiness to be considered in the same category with Tommy's and Pinocchio's. But count your blessings that you are not a part of this debate...
...have a concern about The Crimson's coverage, no matter how small, it is my concern as well. My goal as Reader Representative is to try to make sure every reader can find a bagel's worth of relevant news in the paper--when you read the paper in the morning, there should be enough news that you're interested in, that you're concerned about, that you want to read, to last you through your morning bagel (or Breakfast Sandwich, as the case may be). So if you're finding that you're not getting your bagel's worth...