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…
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…
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;…
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…
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…
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,…
May 25 2008
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerI was supposed to read Into Thin Air when I was a junior in high school, as one of a tripartite summer/fall curriculum about Man…
May 22 2008
A Spot of Bother by Mark HaddonI can recall with tremendous clarity how surprised I was by Mark Haddon’s debut novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the…
May 19 2008
The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray KurzweilPart of the problem with books making predictions about the future is they only have two markets: (1), people who want to…