What if someone looked at you, really looked at you, for the first time in 150 years? How would you feel? And what if you were a ghost, completely unaccustomed to any form of human contact only to get that all back in the span of a few hours? How would you react? Laura Whitcomb’s [...]
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Book of the Month Review: Erik Larson’s “The Devil in the White City”
Erik Larson’s national bestseller The Devil in the White City is a unique double biography of opposite characters. The chronology of Daniel Burnham’s creation of the 1893 World’s Fair is sharply contrasted with the life of serial killer H.H. Holmes, who was skulking around Chicago at the same time. Larson’s book attempts to combine historical [...]
Review: Lee Smolin’s “The Trouble With Physics”
Author and physicist Lee Smolin bravely faces the sad truth about the state of his science in his book The Trouble With Physics. As his introduction makes abundantly clear, “This is a story of a quest to understand nature at its deepest level… To put it bluntly… we have failed.” Why have physicists failed? And, [...]
Book of the Month Review: Timothy Ferris’ “Coming of Age in the Milky Way”
When I first found out the Book of the Month was going to be a science book, I wasn’t completely thrilled. Science and I do not get along and the idea of reading a 500 page book revolving around all things science did not sound like a good time to me. Luckily, while reading Coming [...]
Book of the Month Review II: George R.R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones”
This month I was really absorbed by other things and put off reading A Game of Thrones until a few days ago. I bulldozed straight through it over the past three days – and boy, is that the wrong way to read this book. I ended up feeling completely swamped by the unending horror and [...]
Book of the Month Review I: George R.R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones”
I’m not really a fantasy person. Or maybe I should say I’m only into fantasy if it’s a young adult book, and even then only if the book comes from an author I have been loyal to for years. But a fantasy book, the first in a long series might I add, thrust at me [...]
Book of the Month Review II: Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s “The Shadow of the Wind”
First, let me apologize for being so late in posting this review. In addition to the normal stress of Thanksgiving, my mom got married that same weekend, so there wasn’t a ton of time to finish this book or write a review. Trust me, it won’t happen again! I absolutely loved this book. Now, normally [...]
Book of the Month Review I: Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s “The Shadow of the Wind”
I have a confession to make. When it comes to mysteries, I’m a page-turning machine. I’m a speed-reader. A skimmer, even. I know. Horrible habit. A habit that was only encouraged by the intricate subplots and interwoven narratives of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind. This book for me was like crack to [...]
