October 31, 2011 – 5:03 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores There has been a lot of TV hoopla surrounding the ‘exclusive’ interviews with Ruth Madoff and her youngest son Andrew as part off the promotion for a new book Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family by Laurie Sandell. Bernie Madoff, of course, is the financier convicted of running a 50 billion dollar [...]
October 22, 2011 – 1:37 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores I doubt I would have read this other than it was chosen by my book club. I’m glad they did. The author does a wonderful job of mixing the science and human drama behind the story of HeLa cells. What could easily have been a very dry read was instead a wonderful [...]
September 5, 2011 – 9:23 am
Shop Indie Bookstores The top five reasons to read this book. 1. You’re a big fan of Tina Fey, SNL or 30 Rock. 2. You like books that are laugh out loud funny. 3. OK, I can only think of 2…but for those of you that have read this book, you’ll GET this format. Book [...]
The Christian Science Monitor just published a list of 10 new recession slang words. One of these words is Madoff’d, v. To get ripped off in a particularly offensive fashion. Sample sentence: “Oh man, that cab driver totally Madoff’d me. I gave him a $20 and he only gave me change for a $10.” Shop [...]
This is the final post on what Nancy Pearl (Book Lust, More Book Lust, Book Crush) recommended last month at a library sponsored event on summer reading. I previously posted her suggestions for Airplane Reads, Mystery/Spy/Thrillers, and Book Club Reads. The following books fall into the Armchair Traveler genre. Pearl announced that she is working [...]
If you’ve never read Moby Dick, you might want to first start with Nathaniel Philbrick‘s true account In the Heart of the Sea:The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. After all, the sinking of the Essex was the inspiration for Melville’s Moby Dick. Variety reports that both books are currently in development (Hollywood speak for coming [...]
January 23, 2009 – 3:13 pm
In September, 1900, Galveston, Texas was surprised and destroyed by a monster hurricane that killed over 6,000 people. It remains the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history. Here is the story. It is thrilling, suspenseful and powerful. Fabulous! Book Author: Erik Larson This post was submitted by nesund.
January 19, 2009 – 3:17 pm
The “Devil” is H.H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer. And the “White City” is Chicago’s world fair exposition in 1893. Fascinating! A page turner. Book Author: Erik Larson This post was submitted by nesund.
January 18, 2009 – 6:08 pm
Any book that takes the advice of a Lutheran pastor who thinks napping is a form of prayer is one that has my attention. Apparently, Publisher’s Weekly feels the same way I do by declaring Henry Alford’s “HOW TO LIVE: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While they are still on this earth)” one [...]
It’s day two of reading along with Matt Lauer. The Today Show and all of it’s viewers found Matt ‘outstanding in his field’ (ha ha) of Tulips early this morning. Lots of great reading suggestions for books set in and around this land of windmills, tulips, Gouda cheese and wooden shoes. For romantic fiction fans, [...]
