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I think I might prefer the smell of hobo at the library to the mule or camel stench, but this is still way cool. Bibliomulas take books to remote villages in Venezuela. Camels do the same in Kenya....
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Two gritty and amusing noir crime novellas packaged up together. Harry Fannin is a gumshoe with literary taste and ambition, but fortunately for us, he sticks to solving crimes that fall into his lap. Tramp covers the mystery of his ex-wife's death, after a heist involving $40 large from a...
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On Writing Well
by lz in Reading Archive on 23Aug2007
I can hardly write the review, I'm so overjoyed to find this book. This is a beautifully written guide to writing, which should serve all audiences well. For myself, the main "Aha!" moment was the Nonfiction as Literature chapter, I've been devouring classic fiction for so long, my blinders kept...
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Hello I'm Special
by lz in Reading Archive on 18Aug2007
Rebellion just isn't the same these days. People expect rebellion against the norm, and thus are conforming to society's expectations when they rebel. Hal takes us on a mildly interesting journey of "Everyone's Special", showing us ourselves in the badly-lit mirror; hordes of celebrity-wannabes lining up for Idol tryouts, the...
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Niche Envy
by lz in Reading Archive on 16Aug2007
Oh the dangers of database marketing! Sound the alarms! Companies use information they have about your purchase behavior to better market to you. This was a weak academic perspective on database marketing, with heavy emphasis on loss of privacy and utter lack of understanding why marketers do such things. His...
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Skimmable, easily digestible book of the usual financial advice. One of the items that resonated with me is the idea of considering each purchase you're about to make-- will it give you fulfillment, satisfaction, and value in proportion to the amount of life energy spent on it? Another surefire way...
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The Golden Compass
by lz in Reading Archive on 11Aug2007
Took awhile to get into the story, but the action is fast & furious. Lyra an 11 year old girl who escapes the confines of her imprisonment and goes on a journey to the northern lands involving combat with polar bears, witches, gyptians, Dust, daemons, and more. Simplistic writing, but...
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Dream
by lz in Reading Archive on 05Aug2007
Drawing on lessons learned from Machiavelli, Critical Mass, Paris Hilton, and the Nazi party, Duncombe urges the progressives to learn how to create a spectacle (ethical spectacle) that engages everyone in politics and hastens change. He refers to the one spectacle the left got correct in the last election-- the...
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The professor of French literature, Pierre Bayard, makes the case for being able to discuss books you haven't read, or that you've heard discussed, or that you read and forgot. If you know what a book is about, you can still talk the talk amongst your vest-wearing, pipe-smoking, unkempt-haired literary...
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A last minute decision to get away prior to the 4th of July holiday caused a mad dash for tickets, sunscreen, and the all-important stack of beachside reading. (You'll notice a spike in number of books read in July-- you can thank my hammock & beach towel for that) So...
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It's official-- Harry Potter is the crack rock of fantasy tales. Never have I geeked out as much as this week, rushing home from work to lie on my couch devouring hundreds of pages in a sitting. Tip of the hat and flourish of the cane to Ms. Rowling, she's...
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