Splashing Around With The Wave
by Mix together the scientific exploration of wave theory, climate change, maritime disaster, and surfing. Layer it solid story-telling and great prose. Add a dash of …
Category: Book Reviews
These are my thoughts on some books I have read.
Book review:The Ascent of Money
Niall Ferguson had the unfortunate luck of writing The Ascent of Money just before the unveiling of the 2008’s Great Panic. At the time he …
Learning from Others’ Mistakes: Accidents In North American Mountaineering 2010
I always look forward to the arrival of this book. It is full of learning, tragedy, sadness, and bits of humor. I’ve been a member …
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is Law & Order: Sweden
Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy comes to a grinding halt with the The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. I really enjoyed the cold, dark, Swedish …
Book Review: Mixed Blood
Roger Smith has written a gritty, violent thriller full of deeply-flawed people trapped in bad luck and the violence of Cape Town, South Africa. Some …
The Girl Who Played With Fire
If you liked The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, then you should like this book. Mikael Blomkvist, the intrepid reporter is back. This time the …
Sleepless Will Keep You Up at Night
Imagine if the recent Great Panic financial crisis of 2008 was accompanied by a realization that an illness had spread across the population. On top …
The Strangler and my Kindle
In his second crime novel, William Landay weaves together the story of three brothers, the death of their policeman father, Boston’s urban renewal projects, and …
Eye of the Red Tsar
If you’re looking for a suspenseful crime thriller, this is the book for you. When we first meet Pekkala in 1929 Siberia, he is a …
Mrs. Kaputnik’s Pool Hall and Matzo Ball Emporium
I have mixed feelings about this book. It’s about ten-year-old Shoshi, her eight-year-old brother, Moshe, and their pet dragon Snigger as they escape the Cossacks …
Book Review: Face of Betrayal
Lis Wiehl has added another element to her career, from trial lawyer to Fox News commentator and now a novelist. The publisher sent me a …
Book Reading: Shades of Grey
I am continuing on my quest to read 52 books this year and with 15 books finished, I seem to be on pace. The latest …
Strange Maps
Being in the real estate industry, I am a big fan of maps. I like how they help visual the world around us. There is …
Skijoring Across Alaska
Dave Metz decides he wants to spend four months crossing the Alaskan wilderness with no human company. Just him and his two dogs. He tells …
Planets X and Pluto
I grew up learning about the nine planets. My son is growing up learning about eight planets. In 2006 the International Astronomical Union demoted beloved …
The Lightning Thief: The First Book in the Percy Jackson Series
One of the challenges of parenting is finding activities that you enjoy and that your kids enjoy. The same is true with reading. There are …
Tracking Your Books and Library Online
GoodReads versus LibraryThing versus Shelfari Back in 2008, I started looking at ways to catalog my household’s book collection: Books and Knowledge Management. LibraryThing was …
Wake Up Dead: A Violent Thriller
Looking for a page-turning crime thriller? Wake Up Dead is violent crime story, full of bad people doing bad things. With a book title like …
Trust Agents
I finished reading Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust, the new book from Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. …
Books I Read in 2009
Since Jack Vinson published the list of the books he read in 2009, I thought I would too. Although, I left off the dozens (hundreds?) …