Jul 20 2008
Bonk by Mary RoachI picked up Bonk entirely on a whim: it was sitting precociously on the shelf of new books at the library. It wasn’t until later, when I was reading that, I noticed that “Amazon.com…
Jul 09 2008
Me Of Little Faith by Lewis BlackI like Lewis Black’s standup, and I like him on The Daily Show; I was less than impressed, however, by his sort-of-biography, Nothing’s Sacred. Lewis qua storyteller with occasional swearing is not the Lewis…
Jul 07 2008
The Gun Seller by Hugh LaurieFor many people, House might be their first exposure to British actor Hugh Laurie; others, especially if you live on the Isles or have a particular affection for British television, may very…
Jul 03 2008
The Ten-Cent Plague by David HadjuI was always around comics growing up; with the exception of the 6-part Double Dragon series, however, I was never really a collector myself. I spent a lot of time around…
Jun 24 2008
Musicophilia: Stories of Music and the Brain by Oliver SacksI have read Oliver Sacks before. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat was a fascinating book, but it could get a bit dry at times, consisting as…
Jun 18 2008
Napoleon’s Buttons by Penny Le Couteur and Jay BurresonI happened upon Napoleon’s Button entirely by accident when I was looking for cover art for His Excellency: George Washington; was so intrigued by the premise promised by the…
Jun 16 2008
Night of the Avenging Blowfish by John WelterI’ve read this one before, and yet a couple of weeks ago I got an inexplicable urge to read it again.
I’m not aware of Welter writing anything after the mid-1990s and…
Jun 12 2008
His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. EllisHot on the heels of John Adams comes this new book about George Washington; I’ve mentioned before that I don’t usually read a lot of pure history books or biographies, but in this…
May 28 2008
Martin the Warrior by Brian JacquesIt may behoove you to read the previous book in this series, Salamandastron
Martin the Warrior marks something of a turning point for the Redwall series: Jacques, for the first time, seems mindful that he…