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A Day in the Life by Robert Greenfield

July 29th, 2009

Title: A Day in the Life
Author: Robert Greenfield
Publisher: Da Capo Press (2009)

I saw the title of this book and I was immediately intrigued.  “A Day in the Life” is a very famous Beatles song…and as you know, I love the Beatles!  Then I saw that the book takes place in the 60’s.  Alright – It [...]

She and I: A Fugue by Michael Brown

July 27th, 2009

Title: She and I: A Fugue
Author: Michael Brown
Publisher: Petrarca Press

OK…this book is very conflicting for me.  At times I thought it was really good and at times I was very confused.  But one place that I wasn’t conflicted is that this book feels 100% pretentious to me.  I know why it feels that way though.  [...]

Sorry For My Absense…

July 26th, 2009

Hello loyal readers (and non-loyal readers),
I haven’t posted a review in the past 2 weeks and I wanted to apologize for that.  My wife and have been considering moving so we have been spending the last 2 weeks getting our house ready for listing.  Today we signed the listing documents…so I should have a little [...]

BBAW 2009

July 19th, 2009

Last year, Amy from My Friend Amy started the Book Blogger’s Appreciation Week. I thought this was a fantastic idea because…as a book blogger…this is my opportunity to receive awards and love. Last year, I was nominated for Best Non-Fiction Blog. Unfortunately I did not win…because YOU did not vote for me.
Just [...]

My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor

July 13th, 2009

Title: My Stroke of Insight
Author: Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
Publisher: Plume (2006)

In December of 1995 I started having seizures…at first they were only nocturnal, but soon graduated into the grand mal variety (the shaking kind).  After a battery of tests an MRI showed an AVM on the left side of my brain.  I forget the exact [...]

Second Quarter Review – 2009

July 12th, 2009

The second quarter of 2009 closed up a couple of weeks ago I and have yet to do my recap.  So here it is:
A Pocketful of History – Jim Noles
Are You Kidding Me – Rocco Mediate & Jeff Feinstein
Born to Be Good – Dacher Keltner
But Wait, There’s More! – Remy Stern
Columbine – Dave Cullen
Drunkard – [...]

Author Interview: Remy Stern

July 2nd, 2009

Recently, I reviewed But Wait, There’s More! by Remy Stern. It was a really good read about the history of the the infomercial industry. Remy agreed to answer some questions I had for him and gave some really great, thoughtful answers. Thanks Remy!
I’ll get this out of the way – my main [...]

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