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May 6, 2005
The Future of Life ~Edward O. Wilson
I learned a lot from the first six chapters of this book. Enlightening, insightful, and interesting bits of information about the diversity found on earth, the places it can be found, and how it benefits humans to have other organisms around. Wilson gives so many examples from […]
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April 2, 2005
I love books that manage to take the very real world and hold it up sideways so that different things come to light. Murakami has a lot of fun. The characters all have such brazen, honest moments that I laughed often reading this book. There’s a build of uncertainty and suspense but, like the […]
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January 30, 2005
Vernon God Little was much fun for me as a title because the strength of the title does not become apparent until the last two chapters of the book. I’m not much of a person to get hung up on titles, but it was a bit of a question rattling around in my head […]
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January 16, 2005
I just finished reading The Bridegroom, a collection of short stories by Ha Jin. The book read really quickly for me, three sittings altogether.
This collection includes 12 stories, all speaking about life in 1980’s Harbin, China. The context of the stories is well handled, and enough background is woven into the […]
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January 10, 2005
I finished reading Cradle to Cradle this morning, and this is definitely a book to read if you have concerns about the environment, the things we use, and making the world a healthier place.
Cradle to cradle is not about getting rid of everything we have, it’s not about throwing out all our technical progress, it’s […]
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January 7, 2005
I finished reading Flight Volume One. I really like the book and the organization of the collection. The theme was vague enough to give the artists an amazing range of freedom, yet gives a strong cohesion to the book. I first heard about the book back when it was published because Vera […]
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December 22, 2004
A couple of months ago my friend Brad sent me a book. I’d been tied up reading other things and didn’t have a chance to read it until Sunday, and I finished up last night. David Sedaris’ Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is a lot of fun. It gave me […]
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December 17, 2004
I finished reading Life of Pi today. The story was an excellent exploration of animals, zoos, and religion. It would make more sense if you read it I suppose.
There were so many poignant moments in the book that I don’t really feel like I can pick out one, but there is a point […]
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October 16, 2004
The Dark Tower series has had me very excited, so after I finished reading the last nonfiction book I was working on, I decided to take on another Stephen King piece. This time I read The Eyes of the Dragon.
Some folks would say it’s different because it’s a more “normal” fantasy than King would […]
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September 7, 2004
Though it took me a little too long, I finished reading The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers. It was a great read, and as someone who likes writing, the advice is both humbling and enlightening. Best of all, there’s that feeling that the walls that I run into are […]
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