Author: Roberto Bolaño (Translation: Natasha Wimmer)
Category: Fiction – Latin American

My only regret was not reading this book in Spanish, but at the time, finding an available version was simply impossible. I had the poor Barnes & Noble lady scour every last corner of her inventory and their inventory online and there was simply nothing, to [...]

Song of the day: “Weapon of Choice” by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The Witch of Portobello

Author: Paulo Coelho
Category: Fiction

The Witch of Portobello is the tale of a young woman that bucked the system and decided to break free from traditional thinking, opting instead to follow her heart in all matters spiritual. When early on in life [...]

Song of the Day: “Beautiful Things” by Andain

This is my busy week, so updates have been slow. I do have two movie reviews to toss your way, they will be coming soon, promise. For now, here is a quick book review to keep you busy. I wrote it a while ago and had it in [...]

Song of the day: “Escalator” by Tabi Bonney

The Inheritors

Author: William Golding
Genre: Fiction

A book unlike anything I have read before, it is a story of survival concerning a small family of Neanderthals who find themselves suddenly and unexpectedly face to face with Homo Sapiens. It is a tale told through the eyes of our distant cousins, [...]

Song of the Day: “Longest Road” by Deadmou5

How Soccer Explains the World:
An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

Author: Franklin Foer
Category: Non-Fiction

Unlikely indeed! This book takes an unorthodox approach at examining globalization and its effects (or lack thereof) in the world of soccer. By collecting a number of essays regarding particular soccer teams scattered throughout Europe and America, [...]

Song of the day: “Dans Le Club” – TTC

Pardon the title, I could not help myself, but I have been hitting the books pretty hard and as a result got a few good ones to tell you about, maybe one or two of them will appeal to you and find themselves in your hands. If [...]

Song of the Day: “Sway” – Dean Martin

Dangerous Beauty

Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Genre: Biography/Drama/Romance
Year: 1998

Thematically, this movie brings to the forefront the interesting dilema of arranged marriages. Set in 16th Venice, the film tells the story of Veronica Franco (Catherine McCormack) and Marco Venier (Rufus Sewell), a young couple who fall in love with each other but [...]

I’m a bad, bad person and have once again let myself slide. I am going to blame it on work and that is partially true, I did have a pretty busy month, October, but I will also accept that I have allowed a pile of books to go unreviewed. This would probably not look so [...]

Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Category: Fiction – Sci-fi/Politics

You will find this book under the Sci-Fi section and I have to be honest, as far as sci-fi books, this one is not much. I will give it props, considering that it was written in the sixties, it actually was pretty accurate in the way somethings would have [...]

Song of the Day: “We Are Rockstars” – Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Author: Steven Hall
Category: Fiction – Experimental

If you were to take the love child from a Alex Garland, David Mitchell and Mark Z. Danielewski threesome, say…”The Beach”, “Number 9 Dream” and “House of Leaves” respectively, then the product of it would probably be “The [...]