Archive for July, 2009
A Day in the Life by Robert Greenfield
July 29th, 2009Title: 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. [...]
She and I: A Fugue by Michael Brown
July 27th, 2009Title: 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 [...]
Sorry For My Absense…
July 26th, 2009Hello 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 [...]
BBAW 2009
July 19th, 2009Last 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 kidding. Kind [...]
My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
July 13th, 2009Title: 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 [...]
Second Quarter Review – 2009
July 12th, 2009The 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 [...]
Author Interview: Remy Stern
July 2nd, 2009Recently, 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 complaint with [...]
