Category Archive: Non-Fiction

My Life As A Furry Red Monster

Kevin Clash and Elmo Most of the time a book’s genre dictates its format. Mysteries typically begin with murder followed by investigation and then solution. Cookbooks start with appetizers and end with dessert.… Read More

Blogging About Books About Blogging

I have never been a fan of the "dummies" books and honestly never understood how a publisher that unequivocally calls its audience Stoopid on the cover of every book could possibly become popular,… Read More

Tokyo Cancelled Practically Perfect Hep-Cats

Sunset falls as ferry crosses Eliot Bay undated photograph by Joel Farmer Today’s pic is for Ron, who admired the ferry pic I previously posted. I confess that today’s books have all three… Read More

Homo Domesticus

Reviews of the books Homo Domesticus, Fast Food Nation and Legalizing Durgs.

A Land Called Honalee

Work is, well, work. Somehow I let a week slip away from me without posting, and really only one book caught my eye during that time. I did finally get my copy of… Read More

Hungry Planet/Beggars and Choosers

Ron and I went out with a couple of friends to a Chinese buffet last night (I pigged out on the king crab legs among other things) and seeing table after table laid… Read More

113th Moon Pie

So I finished re-reading Half Blood Prince and am immersed in the story and ready to continue. And log in to check and find that I am now 113th in line for Deathly… Read More

Stuff Guys Need To Know

Confessing that I have been re-reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and just haven’t felt like reading or blogging about other books. Meanwhile I am up to 168th on the hold… Read More

A Field Guide To Sprawl

Today’s Harry Potter debut at work was a bit anti-climactic. An e-mail last night advised that 175 copies were received at library hq at 4:30pm and were quickly stamped, stickered, cataloged and put… Read More

Travel By Pullman

My three days off passed all too quickly and mostly all I did was catch up on sleep. Did not make it to the museum or any where else, though I did go… Read More

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