Ooooh, Aaah. That comes first. Then later there’s running and screaming.
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Nov 21st, 2008
This is book forty-seven in 52 weeks.
Neil Gaimen was the writer for the amazing comic series Sandman, as well as a few novels and children’s books. He’s great at everything I’ve read so far, and while Neverwhere isn’t perfect, it’s pretty great. The main character Richard goes from normal London to London Below after saving [...]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Nov 14th, 2008
This is book forty-six in 52 weeks.
I used to read a lot of Dean Koontz in junior high and High School. I havent read his stuff in a while, and reading The Good Guy makes me wonder if I’d like all those book less if I went back and read them now. I suspect I [...]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Oct 17th, 2008
World Made By Hand is book forty-two in 52 weeks.
In James Howard Kunstler’s book, the United States has collapsed around 2015. Major oil producing nations have run out of oil to send to the United States, and various epidemics and fighting has set most areas of the country back a hundred years. There are no [...]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks on Oct 3rd, 2008
John Steinbeck’s book is frequently on the top ten list of books that close-minded people try to ban, so I thought it was fitting to read it this week in celebration of Banned Book Week.
This is book thirty-nine in 52 books in 52 weeks.
I guess most people have probably read Of Mice and Men. I [...]
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 14th, 2008
Book thirty-three in 52 books in 52 weeks.
Violent games, movies and comics are good for children according to the author of Killing Monsters, Gerard Jones, and blaming it for problems can affect emotional development. I’m not sure about the being good for children part, but he makes a good case for the importance of this [...]