Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Call it Sleep – Henry Roth ------ 3 STARS

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Like me, you probably have never heard of this novel. I was recently flipping through a book that included the best pieces of American lite...
Friday, July 10, 2009

The Dante Club -- Matthew Pearl ------ 2.5 STARS

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I have had this book on my list to read for a couple of years now. Historical fictions interests me, and the premise that poets James Russe...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell ------ 4.5 STARS

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Before beginning my review of Outliers, I must admit that I have a proclivity for books of this type. Some of my other favorites includes F...
Monday, June 15, 2009

Columbine -- Dave Cullen ------ 4 STARS

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April marked the tenth anniversary of the Columbine shootings. Columbine , by Dave Cullen, was released earlier this year and is a retrospe...
Monday, May 25, 2009

The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts – Tom Farley, Jr. and Tanner Colby------ 3 STARS

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Fat guy in a little coat…. Fat guy in a little coat. Recently I finished reading The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts . The book...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

The Appeal – John Grisham ------ 2.5 STARS

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I used to love John Grisham. I think I have read all of his books, and I used to think the Pelican Brief and The Client were the greatest t...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Revolutionary Road – Richard Yates ------ 4 STARS

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So about a year ago I heard about the book Revolutionary Road . Although this book was written about 50 years ago, I had not heard about it ...
Sunday, April 12, 2009

East of Eden -- John Steinbeck ------ 5 STARS

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It's been a while since I have blogged: work stuff, long book, other things going on... but after a beautiful, relaxing and enjoyable Sp...
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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Tribes: We Need You to lead Us -- Seth Godin ---- 3 STARS

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From time to time in this blog I will review books that have something to do with education. Since 2005, probably 1/3 to of the books I hav...
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Thursday, March 5, 2009

The Godfather -- Mario Puzo ------------ 5 STARS

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1969 was a pretty solid year. You got the monumental moon landing (side note, my dad believes this will go down as the most important event...
Monday, March 2, 2009

The Delivery Man: A Novel -- Joe McGinniss Jr. ------- 4 STARS

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It is not often in my young career as an upstart book blogger I can review a book that probably nobody has read but today is that day. Fi...
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -- Robert Pirsig ------ 4.5 STARS

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As the snow tapers to an end this Monday morning (and I celebrate the rare March canceling of school), I thought it would be nice to rumina...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Cry, The Beloved Country -- Alan Paton ---- 4 STARS

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While taking education classes at the prestigious University of Virginia ( ok ok , northern Virginia campus), I met an awesome guy from Ken...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Predictably Irrational -- Dan Ariely -------- 4 STARS

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Little known fact, I am in a book club; well, sort of. I have gone twice in six years, but I now have made two in a row. The book club is ...

The Road -- Cormac McCarthy --------- 1.5 STARS

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Oh how this book sucked, let me count the ways.... I recently finished Cormac McCarthy's The Road , it was, how do you say, pretty muc...

The Billionaire's Vinegar -- Benjamin Wallace -- 4 STARS

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While watching a video on ted.com recently (really cool website with great videos about the future of technology and such), I saw a guy who ...

The Pillars of the Earth -- Ken Follett ------- 5 STARS

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Well I felt it was fitting to include a 5 star book for my first review. If anyone ever reads this they will learn that I am not what you w...

My First Blog -- So Nervous

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Well this is exciting, my first ever blog. I was worried that I would have to spend a lot of time pondering my writing. Is the grammar ok?...
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