Monthly Archives: March 2008
A Short History of the American Stomach
I don’t have regular recurring features tied to specific days of the week, like the very popular Wordless Wednesday that many of my blog friends unfailingly participate in. I do, however, have a number of regularly recurring features, but you … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Monday, Non-Fiction, Ron Reviews
Jueves In Habana
It was a stroke of serendipity that I happened on the same day awhile back to stumble on both Mandy MacDonald’s Culture Smart Cuba and Nancy Alonso’s Closed For Repairs on the same day. It seems to me that we … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction
Reading Day Wednesday
I’ve tried for some time now to keep to a regular Monday–Friday posting schedule on this blog, though lately my off-line life has been quite eventful and even hectic and I genuinely regret falling behind and not updating consistently. I … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Short Takes
Patrick's Dinosaurs
Every evening at closing time I go around gathering up any and all stray books that have been left here there or wherever. (We scan them all in case any might be listed as lost or missing before putting them … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Easy Picture Books
Brown's Choice for the Purrfect Murder
Happy Monday! Starting off the week with a Monday Mystery. In Rita Mae Brown’s last Mrs. Murphy (my review) the mystery formula was marred by the use of the issue of illegal immigration to make political points that seemed distasteful … Continue reading
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Water For Elephants
Long time readers of this blog already know that I am just a huge little kid when it comes to the circus and an enormous fan of Gary Jennings extraordinary Spangle trilogy chronicling a traveling circus troupe in the American … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Fiction
So You're Having Heart Bypass Surgery
Some books are really specialized. If you need them they are hugely important and if you don’t you’ll probably never notice them. At the library I see them all and when one of them applies to me or my family … Continue reading
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Last, First Reilly, Ignatius
It almost feels like a cheat to blog about a book I first read more than twenty years ago, but the fact is the past few days I have been ignoring three new novels awaiting my attention (including Water For … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, New Orleans, Non-Fiction
Untapped The Scramble For Africa's Oil
"I bless the rains down in Africa…" John Ghazvinian, who is currently serving as a Fellow in History at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, has penned a remarkable book which for me served as much as an introduction … Continue reading
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