Does this actually count as a book? I know there’s no minimum page requirement, but 20 pages is not a lot of pages. Well, I have read it, and now I shall review it! Hang on, I’m just going to pour a glass* first. OK I’m back. A few weeks ago, NPR aired a segment about this book. I was immediately charmed by the interview, and resolved to track down the book and buy it immediately. You see, I enjoy a glass of wine, but […]
Anotterchaos #1: My Planet
Oh, Mary. I love Mary Roach’s books. She is smart, funny, and asks the questions we all want to know (sex in space: possible?). So when I saw a compilation of her essays, it seemed like the perfect thing to get my squirrel brain refocused for reading in the new year. I shoulda read the fine print. Compilation of essays for Readers’ Digest. And clearly tailored for them. The essays are generic and amusing. A combination of Erma Bombeck, Seinfeld, and Andy Rooney. (Almost wrote […]
Caught in the Shadows
This is not an easy book. It’s not an easy topic. Author Lawrence Wright has brought to life the history and people who created the most well known terrorist organization in the modern world: Al-Qaeda. In addition to the history behind the organization, Wright touches on the individuals and the political climate of a region unfamiliar to many Americans that birthed this movement. To read further, please head to my blog.
A Brief History of Time – Review #2 for AamilTheCamel
This is my 2nd book out of the 130 books that I am reading for 2014. There is a certain joy in reading the account of something from someone who was intricately involved with it. Science is not something that was very popular a few years back. It has gained greater following thanks to the internet, but Physics (and more so mathematics) is still an esoteric enigma that still confounds many a netizen. Beyond a basic grasp of ideas of physics we usually don
Elecamel’s No. 1
Other than an episode of South Park and idle gossip about Tom Cruise, I know very little about Scientology. The belief structure, the founding of the Church and the politics that operate it were unknown to me beyond that. I couldn’t understand why anyone would truly have faith in something that seemed so far fetched and was created by a man who was seemingly incapable of self-awareness. Lawrence Wright has written a concise history of L. Ron Hubbard, the Church he created and its path […]
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