I'm trying to be better about writing at least a little blurb about each book I read. Trying being the operative word here. The blurb, if and when I do get around to writing it, will of course happen after the book has been finished. So, in the beginning, what may show up here is just the book's basic information, title, author, date I began reading it. But feel free to comment on the book even if I haven't yet written anything about it. I always like talking about books!
For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him be struck with palsy, and all his members blasted. Let him languish in pain, crying aloud for mercy, and let there be no surcease to this agony till he sing in dissolution. Let bookworms gnaw his entrails…and when at last he goeth to his final punishment, let the flames of Hell consume him forever. --Curse for book thieves by Edmund Lester Pearson (1880-1937)
The Man Who Ate Everything, Jeffrey Steingarten
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God’s Debris, Scott Adams
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Loved the book. Will probably find ways to bring it up in conversations and insist that people read it.
Liked it well enough. Would probably say that it's a good read, except for [fill in the blank].
Liked it well enough to finish the book but I wouldn't recommend that someone else read it.
So bad I couldn't finish the book. If someone mentioned the book title to me I'd probably shake my head and tell him not to waste his time or money.
Reading is Fundamental
So many books, so little time
Book: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach
Start Date: 01/16/05
End Date: 02/03/05
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A friend told me about this book last year. At the time I couldn’t understand how he could be so excited about a book about cadavers of all things. But, having finished the book, I now completely understand. The book is disturbing at times, but always enlightening. The most surprising thing is that it’s funny. Mary Roach manages to infuse humor while yet still being very respectful. I didn’t at all expect funny, but given the subject covered, it’s a welcome touch.
I came to the conclusion a few years ago that I want to be cremated. After reading the book I’m more convinced than anything that I made the right choice. The book does bring up an interesting point however. Roach writes that the deceased should have no say in where they end up or how the body is disposed of. That it’s the family members who have to set things up and deal with a loved one’s passing and that the family should do what’s most comfortable for them. That’s a valid point I suppose. Especially for those times when people leave behind complex, detailed instructions. I have to give all of this some thought.
Book: Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana, Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Start Date: 11/28
End Date: 12/15
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Book: Cheaper by the Dozen, Frank B. Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Start Date: 11/26
End Date: 11/27
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Book: Engaging Men, Lynda Curnyn
Start Date: 11/25
End Date: 11/26
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Book: Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan, Bruce Feiler
Start Date: 11/08
End Date: 11/24
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Book: Tell Me Lies, Jennifer Crusie
Start Date: 11/06
End Date: 11/07
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Book: Friday Night Lights, H. G. Bissinger
Start Date: 10/25
End Date: 12/27
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Book: The Coffin Dancer, Jeffery Deaver
Start Date: 10/21
End Date: 10/23
Comments: 2
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Book: The Vanished Man, Jeffery Deaver
Start Date: 10/06
End Date: 10/10
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