Saturday, February 27, 2010

Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town -- Nick Reding -------- 3.5 Stars

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Recently I finished the eye-opening Methland by a young author named Nick Redding. This book was the most recent pick in the occasionally (...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol -------- 4.5 Stars

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SPECIAL SNOWMAGGEDON REVIEW As the third foot of snow in five days finishes falling, I am taking some time to review the highly anticipate...
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

What the Dog Saw -- Malcolm Gladwell -- 3 Stars

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I am a huge Malcolm Gladwell fan. I loved all of his books and gave a great review for Outliers . I've talked to a lot of other peopl...
Saturday, January 2, 2010

My Life in France – Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme----- 3 STARS

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I recently had the pleasure of watching the very cute movie Julie and Julia . It's a very nice little movie and is the story about Juli...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Knowldge of the Higher Worlds and its Attainment -- Rudolf Steiner -------- 2.5 Stars

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So, on Saturday, we were crushed with 16 inches of snow in about 24 hours. On the bad side, this shut down our little road (which still has...
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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Brothers – David Talbot ------ 4.5 STARS

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For my birthday, my kind sister-in-law and brother-in-law gave me the book Brothers . Since August, I have been waiting to get to it and fi...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

I Know this Much is True – Wally Lamb ------ 1.5 STARS

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So, it's been over 2 months since my last blog. During that time I have been reading the behemoth that is I Know This Much Is True by ...
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Alive – Piers Paul Read ------ 4.5 STARS

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NBC used to have this slogan, "If you haven't seen it, it's new to you." Well, my review today is sort of similar; if you...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld -- Misha Glenny -- 3 Stars

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So I am a quasi member of a book club. The book club is actually quite fine but I dub myself a 'quasi' member having only attended ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Good to Great -- Jim Collins -- 4 Stars

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As the summer spirals to the end, teachers across the country are coming to the realization that the short, sweet weeks of summer are rapidl...

Three Cups of Tea – Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin – 4 stars

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Currently, there is a great deal of buzz and excitement about David Oliver Relin’s story of Greg Mortenson told in Three Cups of Tea . It i...
Monday, August 3, 2009

Old School – Tobias Wolff ------ 4 STARS

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Recently, I was in this ridiculously cool used bookstore in Saratoga, NY. The place is awesome; it goes from room to room, seemingly ne...
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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