I may actually finish reading some 2011 releases during January 2012 and may redo this list to reflect the newer choices. Otherwise, here it is as of this time...
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Further Thoughts on Retromania
The book spurred so much thinking that a separate post is needed. I didn’t want to clutter the review with my own load of “cool story, sis”, so here you go!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Book Review: 11 of 24 (Nail-Biting Nonfiction)
Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima
By Stephen Walker
Barnes & Noble link
As the narrator of Fallout 3 best put it: "War never changes". Years have passed since the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on two cities in Japan, citing the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. But, what if the bombs weren't dropped? Well, there would've been a land battle between Americans and Japanese. Many deaths were foreshadowed, possibly more than the total overall of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But, some had to die in order for more not to die? Those, among many more questions you will ask yourself as you read Walker's Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima.
By Stephen Walker
Barnes & Noble link
As the narrator of Fallout 3 best put it: "War never changes". Years have passed since the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on two cities in Japan, citing the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. But, what if the bombs weren't dropped? Well, there would've been a land battle between Americans and Japanese. Many deaths were foreshadowed, possibly more than the total overall of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But, some had to die in order for more not to die? Those, among many more questions you will ask yourself as you read Walker's Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Best of 2010: Book Edition
I regret to say that this list was unfortunately small to put together. I have read more older books this time 'round, I suppose.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Oh, look! A book review!
Imperial Bedrooms
Bret Easton Ellis
Barnes & Noble link
(A quick note before I begin: I am going to write 24 reviews for this blog, the 24 being the age I turn this year. A commemoration of 24 years of living. Cheesy, I know.)
Readers were first introduced to Clay and company in Less Than Zero, set in L.A. during the drug-and-champagne eighties. We watched as Clay wandered among his former pals, coming to a sudden realization that like him, we honestly didn't know what was going on.
Bret Easton Ellis
Barnes & Noble link
(A quick note before I begin: I am going to write 24 reviews for this blog, the 24 being the age I turn this year. A commemoration of 24 years of living. Cheesy, I know.)
Readers were first introduced to Clay and company in Less Than Zero, set in L.A. during the drug-and-champagne eighties. We watched as Clay wandered among his former pals, coming to a sudden realization that like him, we honestly didn't know what was going on.
Friday, March 19, 2010
A super-delayed book review...
Bicycle Diaries
David Byrne
Barnes & Noble link (paperback coming this September!)
Talking Heads’ lead singer/guitarist David Byrne is no stranger to the publishing world. His earlier books go into conceptual art, especially in his last work Arboretum. If one would pick up his latest release Bicycle Diaries, one might get a jarring sensation. I mean, whoa, where did this come from? Where’s the art? Where’s the abstract thought? No worries, earlier Byrne readers. All that’s in there, but it is, as the Python boys famously said, “something completely different”.
David Byrne
Barnes & Noble link (paperback coming this September!)
Talking Heads’ lead singer/guitarist David Byrne is no stranger to the publishing world. His earlier books go into conceptual art, especially in his last work Arboretum. If one would pick up his latest release Bicycle Diaries, one might get a jarring sensation. I mean, whoa, where did this come from? Where’s the art? Where’s the abstract thought? No worries, earlier Byrne readers. All that’s in there, but it is, as the Python boys famously said, “something completely different”.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Book review time!
Concrete Island
J.G. Ballard
Barnes & Noble link
I promised a review of this book and y'all shall get it!
J.G. Ballard
Barnes & Noble link
I promised a review of this book and y'all shall get it!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Best of 2009: Book Edition
This is running late, so here we go with the best of 2009 in books! (with even briefer reviews)
Best books released in 2009:
Best books released in 2009:
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