Archive for June, 2009
Public Enemies = Repost
June 30th, 2009For those of you who don’t know, Public Enemies comes out tomorrow. Public Enemies is a movie version of John Dillinger’s life, which is pretty exciting. Dillinger was probably the first ultra famous criminal that actually got a lot of sympathy from people. (Well…Dillinger and Barabbas I guess.) A while ago I read a biography [...]
A Pocketful of History by Jim Noles
June 29th, 2009Title: A Pocketful of History Author: Jim Noles Publisher: DaCapo Press (2008) Do any of you collect the US State Quarters? Back in 1999 when they started the program of issuing a quarter for each state in the union people got really excited about it and started to collect them. I assume the excitement waned [...]
Half Price Crooks?
June 27th, 2009At my last post about Book Mooch I received an interesting comment from Amy: I’m trying it to see if I like it. I refuse to sell anything to halfprice crooks. Although usually I donate to my local library. Wha???? Why the hatred for Half Price Books? I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad [...]
Book News: BookMooch
June 22nd, 2009I saw this news story about a book sharing company called BookMooch. From The Houston Chronicle: For the cost of postage, readers trade books through the mail in an online library of sorts that includes generous souls interested in sharing or neat freaks determined to clear out the dust collectors on their personal shelves. Are [...]
Drunkard by Neil Steinberg
June 18th, 2009Title: Drunkard Author: Neil Steinberg Publisher: Plume (2009) OK, here’s the deal. I’m a guy…a very manly guy (as you should now know from a recent review). And while the differences between men and women has been pointed out ad nauseum since the beginning of time…it’s probably worth it to go over one. I’ve found [...]
Are You Kidding Me by Rocco Mediate & John Feinstein
June 17th, 2009Title: Are You Kidding Me? Authors: Rocco Mediate & John Feinstein Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (2009) Do you remember where you were the day after Fathers Day in 2008? I was driving my stupid Chevrolet Cobalt Coupe rental car from San Francisco to Los Angeles (which was a fun vacation by the way). The [...]
Great Writing: Joe Posnanski
June 16th, 2009Welcome to the 2nd edition of Great Writing. In this issue we feature Joe Posnanski, a baseball beat writer for the Kansas City Royals. As an added bonus, JoePos is from Cincinnati…like me! (update: Posnanski is actually from Cleveland but spent time in Cincinnati. But he knows what Skyline Chili is so it’s still OK) [...]
