A new Wonder Woman, written by Jodi Picoult, is coming out. I really enjoy graphic novels and think that they (hands down) make the best movies (300, Sin City, A History of Violence, V for Vendetta etc).
I am certainly excited to read what Picoult produces despite the fact that I have never read any of [...]
As I wrote here, Milan Kundera is a genius. His books are nearly perfect. Identity is a quick, but brilliant, read and is filled with many interesting quotes. Ultimately, it is a love story, but it is also a view of external events via the interior world.
Some of the quotes are short, [...]
I mentioned Citizen Vince by Jess Walter here, but it really was in passing and so, just to be clear, the book is outstanding.
It is a well-written mafia thriller chocked full of everything you would expect. It has the really bad criminal, the moderately bad criminal, the smart criminal, several really dumb criminals, John [...]
As a general rule, I don’t think that The Hours by Michael Cunningham has much in common with Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. But, the following quotes have a similar feel and message.
From Atlas Shrugged, Dagny Taggart contemplating while she is waiting for Hank Rearden:
The hours ahead, like all her nights with him, [...]
While Freakonomics is by some definition an economics book and purists might say that the study of economics has nothing to do with useful math, when I read it all I keep thinking was “lies, damn lies and statistics”.
Admittedly, it is an entertaining book and has been on the NY Times hardcover non-fiction best seller [...]
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier is now out in paperback. If you didn’t pick it up in hardcover, you should definitely pick it up now.
It is riddled with corporate intrigue and layered with environmental, apocalyptical, futuristic and globalization themes, which makes it an excellent page turner. It is the kind of [...]
Milan Kundera just published a work of non-fiction called The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts.
Let me start by making it clear that I love every word Milan Kundera has ever written. I think he is brilliant and his books (since the ones that I have read are translations) are almost enough for me to [...]
I am intrigued by Only Revolutions. It is described as an experimental love story that is told from two points of view. And, while I am not a huge Woody Allen fan, I really like Melinda and Melinda since I am attracted to the two points of view theme.
However, since it is compared to The [...]
The Ambler Warning is currently listed as #22 on the NY Times paperback fiction list. The author is listed as Robert Ludlum, but, since he (Robert Ludlum) died in 2001, the book was actually written by an unnamed hired hand.
Now, the book really does follow the Ludlum formula. It follows it exactly. [...]
Today, Mitch Albom’s new book (For One More Day) is currently in the #1 spot according to USAToday, the NY Times hardcover fiction and AbeBooks (on Amazon it is at #9).
I have not read the book, but the description is basically:
Troubled man spends a day with his dead mother
Sounds kind of interesting? My first [...]
