#14: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle: 2 stars. #15: This Book Is Not Good for You by Pseudonymous Bosch: 1 star. #16: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey: 2 stars. #17: My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse: 3 stars. #18: This Isn't What It Looks Like: 3 … [Read more]
Every so often I come across a bad book. When you read almost 30 books a year, it … [Read more]
When Mae arrives on her first day of work at The Circle, the world’s largest internet company, she is immediately engulfed and welcomed on campus, dazzled by the constant events and built-in social life. As the reader and a geek, I too was dazzled. All the perks of working for the mega-rich … [Read more]
I am shortly relocating from NYC to Seattle, and last weekend, I flew to Seattle to find a place to live. Finding a place to live in three days is stressful, and it doesn't help that the flight from NYC to Seattle is six hours, so The Rosie Project turned out to be the perfect book. This book is … [Read more]
This is the second of Chevalier's books that I have read. Last year I tackled "Girl with the Pearl Earring" and despite the critical acclaim, it fell flat for me and I found it obvious, and sort of a chore. I also didn't like Remarkable Creatures, but for somewhat different reasons. This novel … [Read more]
This is the second of my (at least!) ten African authors in this year's Cannonball. I picked this up based mostly on the title and the fact that I hadn't read anything by an Ethiopian author yet. But this book is not about Ethiopia, really--it's about being an Ethiopian in America or, more … [Read more]
