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Kevin Mitnick’s Memoirs
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin D. Mitnick My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a fascinating book. The first fascination is his way with technology. The second was his way … Continue reading
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Tip O’Neill’s memoirs still hold up 25 years later
Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O’Neill . by
They Exist: Crime Novels with Excellent Writing
The Four Stages of Cruelty: A Novel by Keith Hollihan My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was reluctant to read this book because I thought it was going to be a sad story without much action about a young … Continue reading
Train by Pete Dexter
Train: A Novel by Pete Dexter My rating: 4 of 5 stars I liked this book because it has great characters and allows them to build little worlds for themselves. In addition to the main character, Train, there is a … Continue reading
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Life by Kieth Richards
Purely by accident I picked up LIFE by Kieth Richards and was instantly, irredeemably hooked. Looking at it on the shelf, it had to be some kind of joke, but this book is amazingly well written and thoughtful. Keith Richards … Continue reading
4 Books I Can’t Wait for
First, published TODAY is Vernor Vinge’s Children of the Sky. I loved the other two books in the series and I want to pack up my family and live in that universe. I’d even live in the slow zone if … Continue reading
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I’m so sorry I read this graphic novel now.
Brain Camp by Susan Kim My rating: 1 of 5 stars I read this and thought, “who agreed to publish this garbage?” I get that it is for seventh graders and up and yeah, I’m 44, but I was previewing … Continue reading
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European Economic Governance and the end of Greek democracy
I’m reading the excellent “This Time Is Different” By Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff. It is exciting to be reading it at the same time as the EU is trying to figure out what to do with Greece. I just … Continue reading
Everyone needs to read “The Big Short”
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis My rating: 5 of 5 stars This proves it is possible to write entertaining non-fiction about bonds. The book is character driven and follows the lives of about ten people … Continue reading
Devil in the White City: True Crime and more
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson I’m loving this book. It is weird in that it is careful history of the Chicago world’s fair mixed in with … Continue reading
Jack London, Bowdlerized
Our 6th grader came home with a print-out of Jack London’s “To Build A Fire” with the word “niggerhead” crossed out with a sharpie in such a way that you can still read the word. “Dad, is this the N-word?”, … Continue reading
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Cuckoo’s Egg, The
The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll My rating: 4 of 5 stars Surprised at how engrossing tracing phone calls and reading Unix logs can be. Serves both as a fun read … Continue reading
best endsorsement for a book ever
this is what you are missing if you are not on goodreads: Three weeks ago I held a yard sale. To pass the time I picked up this book I’d never seen from a box of books none of which … Continue reading
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New Stieg Larsson short story
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/07/05/100705sh_shouts_ephron She tried to get the umlaut to work. No luck. She pinged Plague and explained the problem. Plague was fat, but he would know what to do, and he would tell her, in Courier typeface. <Where are you?> Plague … Continue reading
A Woman in Berlin
A copy of A Woman in Berlin showed up in my house with a note on it: “This is my favorite book. Please read it before June 12.” When I get a note like that, I get to it. This … Continue reading
Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza
Footnotes in Gaza is probably the most powerful graphic novel I’ve ever read. In it, the author uses his journalistic skills to tell the story of an event in 1956. In the meantime, he illustrates important things about journalism and … Continue reading
Invisible Republic
The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes = The Invisible Republic by Greil Marcus My rating: 4 of 5 stars I saw Greil Marcus come and speak to promote the release of this book. It was … Continue reading
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Bernard Malumud and Phillip Roth
Indignation by Philip Roth My rating: 4 of 5 stars In Indignation, the character starts out in what could be a Bernard Malamud short story, a son of an over-protective Jewish butcher going to a local college. To escape, he … Continue reading
The large print section of the local library is no place to go looking for a piece of ass.
“The preposterous was seeping in fast from every quarter.” I found “Exit Ghost” at the library while browsing the large print section. I’ve been meaning to read another Philip Roth book ever since American Pastoral. I can read large print … Continue reading
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Hi. My Name is Liir. ADuuuuuhhhhhhh.
I was very disappointed by Son of A Witch. It started with promise but devolved into randomness. The author knew he had to fill the middle of the book with events in Oz, but nothing inspirational came to him, so … Continue reading
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