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Slumberland
by lz in Reading Archive on 29Aug2008
This book ensnared me in its whirlwind tempo and spit me out at the end, spent and spinning. DJ Darky finds himself en route to Berlin, on a quest to find Schwa, this illusive musician whose work is unparalleled in the modern world. After sending a mix tape to the...
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I had the best Saturday afternoon last weekend. The Max and I pulled up to 18th/Bryant on our bikes, spied a small circle of bibliophiles gathered together, and had surveys thrust into our hands by the Pied Piper of the excursion, Michael Swaine. (Survey questions below, for the curious). Michael...
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Kafka on the Shore
by lz in Reading Archive on 17Aug2008
Murakami is the only writer alive who can snap his fingers and make me go all technicolor dreamy. His ability to create realistic otherworldly civilizations that capture my imagination is unparalleled. He also knows his audience, pandering to readers with the characters' literary discussions and using the private library as...
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Eat This, Not That
by lz in Reading Archive on 16Aug2008
The book begins with the usual list of Foods To Eat Everyday-- spinach, yogurt, tomatoes, carrots, blueberries, black beans, walnuts, oats. So if you're eating those everyday, you probably don't need the rest of the book, which is a guide to what to order at fast food restaurants. A coupla...
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Utterly delightful book until halfway through when the maudlin crept in and tore the plot into bits of paper. Basic story that Christopher lives with his parents in Shanghai until they are kidnapped, and he is shipped off to his aunt's custody in England. Christopher graduates from school, becomes a...
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The Goal
by lz in Reading Archive on 09Aug2008
A fictionalized account of a manufacturing plant manager who faces extinction since his plant is losing money quickly. He turns things around with the help of a Socratic mentor, Jonah, his old physics professor who has common sense ideas about how to turn businesses around. By identifying bottlenecks in his...
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Belgian King Leopold II had a well-tuned business mind. He looked at the Congo region and decided to backhandedly colonize it through deals that created and tapped the rubber plantations. Through his arguably blatant neglect, atrocities were committed in the region-- hands chopped from living people as evidence of corpses...
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A friend at work recently had her first child, and I organized a massive book donation that will last the family for years, in lieu of flowers that will wilt after a week. After polling the office to gather everyone's favorites from childhood, I came up with the list below....
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