Ooooh, Aaah. That comes first. Then later there’s running and screaming.
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books, photos on Sep 19th, 2008
This is book thirty-eight in 52 books in 52 weeks
The photographers I love more than the rest usually belong to two magazines, National Geographic or Life. After reading the biography of a photographer, it sounds like photojournalists are the same way, they all wanted their work to be in National Geographic or Life magazine.
Great Life [...]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Sep 12th, 2008
This is book thirty-seven in 52 books in 52 weeks
Britnie recommended this book by Scott Westerfeld. She also recommended a Stephanie Meyer book, which I threw on the floor in disgust at how bad it was after ten pages. This one was better.
It has an interesting structure. Vampires are looked at as more of a [...]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Sep 5th, 2008
Book thirty-six in 52 books in 52 weeks
Robert Parker is one of my favorite authors, and though he’s stumbled a few times, Appaloosa isn’t one of those. Most of his fiction are crime stories set in the present, but this one is a western taking place in the past. And it’s brilliant.
I’m not sure how [...]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Aug 28th, 2008
Book thirty-five in 52 books in 52 weeks
Bonk:The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex is a history of scientific studies. The fact these studies are all about sex does make it less dry than you’d expect a collection like this to be, but it’s far from exciting. Only the author’s style saved me from being [...]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Aug 21st, 2008
Book thirty-four in 52 books in 52 weeks.
Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur, the title says it all. Ben Kiernan’s book is a dense examination of the causes and outcomes of genocide throughout the world. It’s awfully depressing to read how some of these conflicts [...]