Posted in Book Reviews on Aug 27th, 2009 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on May 4th, 2009 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Apr 29th, 2009 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Apr 21st, 2009 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Apr 20th, 2009 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Mar 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
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. [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Dec 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Nov 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 21st, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Sep 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
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 [...]