Archive for December, 2008
What Einstein Told His Cook by Robert Wolke
December 31st, 2008Title: What Einstein Told His Cook Author: Robert L. Wolke Publisher: W.W. Norton (2002) What a fun book! I am a terrible cook and do it as little as possible, but I still really enjoyed this book. I learned a lot of science while reading this book, which is awesome as my wife is a [...]
Book News: Booksellers REALLY hurting
December 30th, 2008There is a fantastic column in the New York Times about how badly publishers and booksellers are doing. Borders is in a lot of trouble, Olsson’s in Washington went bankrupt as did Robin’s in Philly. There are even some Barnes & Noble stores that are closing down. This is obviously the effect of Amazon.com and [...]
Don’t Let Them See You Cry by Irmgard Powell
December 29th, 2008Title: Don’t Let Them See You Cry Author: Imgard Powell Publisher: Orange Frazer Press (2008) This was an interesting book. Imgard Powell was a German child during World War II. Her father was the Third Reich’s Minister of Health, but she rarely heard her parent’s anti-Semitic feelings. Her family was living in Berlin when the [...]
Cincinnati Bengals Books
December 28th, 2008I got copies of two different Cincinnati Bengals books and figured today would be a fitting day to post on them. You see, earlier today, the Cincinnati Bengals completed their dismal 2008 season. Luckily, both of these books are about the history of the Bengals! As a warning, I can’t imagine this post will be [...]
Living on the Black by John Feinstein
December 27th, 2008Title: Living on the Black Author: John Fenstein Publisher: W. W. Norton (2008) I should preface this review with a confession: I love baseball and I love John Feinstein’s writing. So I was kind of biased about this book even before I started it. Luckily, this book did not disappoint at all…it was awesome. Feinstein [...]
Oxford Comma or No?
December 18th, 2008I was talking with my wife about the Oxford comma (possibly a sign of nerdishness?!?) the other day and I hate it and she says it is better. Obviously there is no right answer to this (at least not according to experts of gammar), so I thought it would be interesting to ask my dear [...]
Starbucked by Taylor Clark
December 16th, 2008Title: Starbucked Author: Taylor Clark Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (2007) I was walking through Barnes & Noble recently to see what books looked good that I could review. When I make these trips to B&N I usually first stop at the Starbucks cafe that is in the store. I don’t particularly like coffee, unless [...]
