books Archive

• 0February 8, 2010

  Nick Hornby: “How to be Good”

  How to be Good by Nick Hornby [I am publishing this on the go from a little coffee shop in Appalachia. I...
• 1January 28, 2010

  Author J.D. Salinger Dead at Age 91

  Known mostly for the ubiquitous and controversial The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger was none-the-less the author of other...
• 13January 21, 2010

  SPOILER ALERT!

  In this age of the internet, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and all other forms of instant media it becomes harder and...
• 0December 31, 2009

  [Fantasy] Curse of a Dark God (Preview)

  I knew that John Brown was a different kind of author when I received a tweet from him out of...
• 0November 3, 2009

  [Memoir] ‘Girl, Interrupted’ by Susanna Kaysen

  Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen Published by Vintage If you have ever known anyone that may have been called crazy by others or...
• 0October 30, 2009

  [Fiction] ‘A Long Way Down’ by Nick Hornby

  A Long Way Down Written by Nick Hornby Published by Riverhead Trade Nick Hornby is a favorite author of mine. There is...
• 3October 27, 2009

  Sword and Sorcery and Stuff: Fantasy Series Passing Muster or Just Rank

  With the final book in my favorite series coming out next week, let’s take a look at some other books...
• 4October 22, 2009

  [Fantasy] ‘Servant of a Dark God’ by John D Brown

  Tor Publishing 2009 Written by John D. Brown A year ago at this time I had been amidst a five year abstinence...
• 6October 16, 2009

  Books for Men, Books for Boys | High Fidelity

  High Fidelity (1995) Written by Nick Hornby If there is anything that I have learned in my gluttonous but unfocused reading tendencies,...
• 1October 5, 2009

  [Fiction] ‘Rant’ by Chuck Palahniuk

  Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey Published by Anchor Written by Chuck Palahniuk The story of Rant Casey will likely be the...