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Posted in book_review, Reading on Mar 5th, 2012
Title: We All Wore Stars: Memories of Anne Frank from Her Classmates Author: Theo Coster I got this copy of the book from LibraryThing’s Early Review program. In exchange for a copy I was asked to write a review of it. I also got a copy of this book at Book Expo 2011, but gave [...]
Posted in book_review, Reading, Work on Feb 29th, 2012
Title: America’s War: Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on Their 150th Anniversaries Author: Edward L. Ayers This book was created specifically for the Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War program the ALA and NEA are running in libraries this year. This is the book we are reading for [...]
Posted in book_review, Reading, Work on Feb 27th, 2012
Title: Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam Author: James McPherson This book is part of the Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War. I am a few sessions ahead on the readings, but that is not stopping me. This book will be part of session 4 (we just ran session 2). I am [...]
Posted in book_review, Reading on Sep 22nd, 2011
Title: Disarming the Narcissist Author: Wendy T. Behary This book is not for me. Let me explain why before you think this is just some negative review. I say this because I am a narcissist. Albeit a mild, mostly conversational narcissist, but still I am one. I picked up this book at Book Expo in [...]
Posted in book_review, Reading on Aug 14th, 2011
Title: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Graphic Novel) Authors: Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith, Tony Lee and Cliff Richards (illustrator) I think anyone who has read this blog knows I am a huge fan of Pride and Prejudice as well as the Quirk Books mash-up series Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. So you will probably be [...]
Posted in book_review, Reading on Aug 5th, 2011
Titles: The Gunslinger Born by Peter David, Stephen King, Robin Furth, Jae Lee The Long Road Home by Peter David, Stephen King, Robin Furth, Jae Lee, Richard Isanove Treachery by Peter David, Stephen King, Robin Furth, Jae Lee, Richard Isanove The Fall of Gilead by The Battle of Jericho Hill by Peter David, Robin Furth, Jae [...]
Posted in Reading on Jul 20th, 2011
In 2005 a friend and I discovered Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust. Book Lust (There are four books in the series now) are not books to read, but books that suggest books for you to read. Nancy Pearl, the author, organizes books based on topics from themes to specific authors. I wrote a review of Book [...]
Posted in book_review, Reading on Jul 18th, 2011
Title: What I Hate: From A to Z Author: Roz Chast I picked this book up because of the cover. I can not say enough about the importance of good cover design. I don’t care what the old saying is. A good cover will make people pick up a book. Go, click on the link. [...]
Posted in book_review, Reading on Jul 6th, 2011
Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Graphic Novels Authors: Joss Wheadon and others I am a Buffy fan. Not the biggest Buffy fan, but I love Buffy. Actually I prefer my version of Buffy more than Wheadon’s version. I was not thrilled with the way the show ended, but I accepted it as the [...]
Posted in book_review, Reading on Jul 2nd, 2011
Title: Go the F**k to Sleep Authors: Adam Mansbach and Ricardo Cortés Not many books get the kind of attention Go The F**k To Sleep is getting. From stories of pirating leading to insane book sales to Samuel L. Jackson being one of the growing list of people doing audio editions of the book. It [...]
