Sunday, October 30, 2011

ESPN: These Guys Have All the Fun -- James Andrew MIller and Tom Shales --------------- 3.5 Stars

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Well it's been a while since I blogged, but that's because I was working through the monstrous ESPN: These Guys Have all the Fun . ...
Sunday, September 18, 2011

Friday Night LIghts -- H.G. Bissinger ------------- 3.5 Stars

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Well, this is a somewhat noteworthy blog. You see, it is my first book I have ever read on this new fangled device called a Kindle. On a s...
Monday, September 5, 2011

The Corrections -- Jonathan Franzen ------------------------ 4 Stars

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I think this is going to be a short blog. Yesterday was the wedding of my brother-in-law (which was great) and tomorrow is the first day of...
Sunday, August 7, 2011

Life of Pi -- Yann Martel ---------------------------- 1.5 Stars

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So, I am not sure if this has ever happened to you reading a book or watching a movie, but it did for me with Life of Pi . What I am talkin...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Atonement -- Ian McEwan ------------------------ 4.5 Stars

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It was incredibly strange to read a great novel with a twist for an ending after already having seen the movie, but, in an unexpected but ce...

" I Heard You Paint Houses" -- Charles Brandt -------------------- 4 Stars

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Before I begin the review of "I Heard you Paint Houses" , I have to recognize the accomplishment that is this review: #50! Much l...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

The Moviegoer -- Walker Percy --------- 3 Stars

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Rare is it that one can get through a novel, save the last twenty pages, really not enjoy it, finish the last twenty pages, and then have a ...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Switch -- Chip and Dan Heath --------------------- 4 Stars

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I have a fixed mindset. That was one of the things I learned in Chip and Dan Heath's fantastic book Switch . That is not a good thing....
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Amerian Pastoral -- Philip Roth ------------- 2.5 Stars

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If you are not familiar with Philip Roth, he is a fairly prolific, modern day novelist who has a huge following and has written dozens of bo...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

In the Pit with Piper - "Rowdy" Roddy Piper -- 1 Star

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I need to make a confession to explain how I could have possibly finished and reviewed a book that only received (a generous) 1 star... I us...
Saturday, April 2, 2011

Unbroken -- Laura Hillenbrand ------------- 4 Stars

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When picking out a gift for another person, it's always an added bonus when that gift can also be a gift to yourself (i.e. giving someon...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

Live from New York -- Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller -------------------------- 3 Stars

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I don't feel like I have a ton to say about Live from New York . It started out as a really great book and finished as an okay book (he...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Lonesome Dove -- Larry McMurtry ------------------------ 4 Stars

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Well, as the winter storm, nice, snow (and thundersnow!) dissipate outside, my mind is in the West after recently finishing Larry McMurtry...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

Childhood's End -- Arthur C. Clarke ------------------------ 5 Stars

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Every so often one stumbles upon a book that is absolutely fantastic you can't help but wonder why you never read it before. Usually, y...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

Nudge – Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein ------ 2.5 STARS

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So, it's been exactly one month since my last post and things have changed. I erroneously and sillllyy (that's right, I just added a...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

The Rector of Justin -- Louis Auchincloss -------------- 4 Stars

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One of the surprising benefits (so far anyway...maybe because I'm not working) of having a newborn is that I have actually been able to ...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

The Company -- Robert Littell -------------------------------- 4 Stars

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Well, it's been almost two months since my last blog and I'm a bit embarrassed for the long delay. In my defense, I have been gett...
Monday, September 6, 2010

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman – Jon Krakauer ------ 3.5 STARS

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I am a huge Jon Krakauer fan (although I don't care for spelling his last name). I have enjoyed a number of his books, beginning with ...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Falling From Grace -- Terry Pluto --------- 2.5 Stars

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It's a bit bizarre to read a book 15 years after it was meant to be read but that's what happened to me after recently finishing Ter...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Home Game -- Michael Lewis ---------------- 1.5 Stars

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As some of you may know, I am pregnant. Well, I guess if you want to get technical about it, my wife is pregnant. I am going to be a fathe...