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Book: A Perfect Spy

A Perfect Spy by John le Carré My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read A Perfect Spy (originally published...

Posted by Jeffrey on August 25, 2010 7:00 AM

My vessel is "snarked"

The Hunting of the Snark (an Agony, in Eight Fits) is quite often classified as a nonsense poem. Utter nonsense,...

Posted by Jeffrey on September 12, 2009 9:53 PM

Fantastic: The Shack

I read The Shack recently and thought it was fantastic. As fiction, it was "fanciful or capricious". As a theological...

Posted by Jeffrey on February 9, 2009 5:46 AM

Book: "I.M. Wright's 'Hard Code'"

I think this will be more of a "ramblings on the book "I.M. Wright's 'Hard Code'" than a full review....

Posted by Jeffrey on January 28, 2009 8:32 PM

Dual Realities? (Paper vs Digital)

We're big fans of reading. We have acres of books in our house, RSS subscriptions and too many magazine subscriptions....

Posted by Jeffrey on January 24, 2009 9:28 PM

Book: The World According to Bertie

The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith My review rating: 3 of 5 stars What's there to...

Posted by Jeffrey on January 15, 2009 4:25 AM

Book: Love Over Scotland

Love Over Scotland by Alexander McCall Smith My review rating: 3 of 5 starsThe third "44 Scotland Street" book,...

Posted by Jeffrey on January 13, 2009 10:18 PM

Book: A Wild Warmth of Chromatic Gravy

Krazy & Ignatz 1935-1936: "A Wild Warmth of Chromatic Gravy" by George Herriman My review rating: 4 of 5...

Posted by Jeffrey on January 11, 2009 5:36 AM

Book: Espresso Tales

Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith My review rating: 3 of 5 starsThis was a difficult book to put...

Posted by Jeffrey on January 7, 2009 5:37 AM

Book: Hornblower and the Atropos

Hornblower and the Atropos by C.S. Forester My review rating: 3 of 5 stars I needed a good read...

Posted by Jeffrey on November 17, 2008 5:13 AM

Book: Ship Fever

Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett My reviewrating: 3 of 5 stars A fellow bus-rider lent me this book to...

Posted by Jeffrey on November 17, 2008 4:56 AM

Book: Father Power

Father Power by Todd Wilson My review rating: 3 of 5 stars Todd Wilson is an insanely funny speaker...

Posted by Jeffrey on November 10, 2008 5:26 AM

Book: The Cruise of the Alerte

The Cruise Of The Alerte by E. F. Knight My review rating: 2 of 5 starsKnight writes an engaging...

Posted by Jeffrey on November 3, 2008 5:32 AM

A long sullen silence

Many things in life have a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference. (This statement, of course, may or may not...

Posted by Jeffrey on October 1, 2008 8:38 PM

Book: Raising Wild Boys into Men

Raising Wild Boys into Men: a modern dad's survival guide by Tony Woodlief My review rating: 4 of 5...

Posted by Jeffrey on September 19, 2008 7:04 PM

Book: The Tooth of Time: a Philmont adventure

The Tooth of Time: a Philmont adventure by Sterling, Gray My review rating: 3 of 5 starsThis was a...

Posted by Jeffrey on September 7, 2008 8:25 PM

Book: Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories by Ian Fleming My review rating: 4 of 5 starsI...

Posted by Jeffrey on September 5, 2008 4:39 AM

Book: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard My review rating: 4 of 5 starsSomehow in college I stumbled...

Posted by Jeffrey on July 30, 2008 10:04 PM

Book: Slack : Getting past burnout, busywork and the myth of total efficiency

Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency by Tom Demarco My review rating: 5 of...

Posted by Jeffrey on July 22, 2008 5:45 AM

Book: The 33 Strategies of War

33 Strategies of War, The by Robert Greene My review rating: 3 of 5 starsI liked this book; not...

Posted by Jeffrey on July 19, 2008 7:14 PM