Archive for January, 2009
Book News: Kids Prefer Video Games
January 30th, 2009It seems like this article is written fairly often and here it is again. Kids like playing video games more than reading. This is no surprise to me. There is a group called “Reading is Fundamental” (which is a hilarious name for a group trying to encourage reading…it’s so boring! Kids aren’t interested in fundamentals!) [...]
Common Cents by Nancy J. Kimelman
January 28th, 2009Title: Common Cents Author: Nancy J. Kimelman, PhD Publisher: Sterling Publishing (2008) Did you hear that the economy is struggling? It’s been in the news a bit. We recently covered one of the causes of the problems in the sub-prime mortgage mess. Maybe some of you have some questions about how this all works? Well, [...]
Book News: Turn In Your Library Books!
January 27th, 2009You can file this story under “Obvious Things Not To Do”. A lady checked out a book at the library…so far so good. She forgot to return it…hey, it happens sometimes. The library called and sent notes to her house to remind her of the overdue book. Then the library sent a certified [...]
The Lennon Prophecy by Joseph Niezgoda
January 26th, 2009Title: The Lennon Prophecy Author: Joseph Niezgoda Publisher: New Chapter Press (2008) This is easily the funniest book I have ever read. I was giggling like a school girl on every page…ask my wife! Unfortunately, I don’t think the book was intended to be funny. As my friends and loyal readers know…I am a huge [...]
Film Club by David Gilmour
January 21st, 2009Title: Film Club Author: David Gilmour Publisher: Twelve Publishing (2008) At first when I saw this book, I thought it was written by the David Glimour of Pink Floyd fame. I was a little disappointed that it was not. It was, however, written by David Gilmour of Canadian TV fame. So that’s something. Gilmour was [...]
Book News: Book Sales = Governmental Ability
January 20th, 2009Book Sales = Political/Governmental Ability! Or at least I would have to assume they do based on Caroline Kennedy. You see…she has sold a ton of books. She has here 8th due to be published this spring. Naturally, a good move from best selling author is a US Senator! My favorite part of the article [...]
American Rifle by Alexander Rose
January 19th, 2009Title: American Rife Author: Alexander Rose Publisher: Delacorte Press (2008) This was a very cool book. I’m not typically a big gun guy…I’ve only shot a real gun once…but I do like military history and biographies. So it would make sense for American Rife: A Biography by Alexander Rose to be a good book for [...]
