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Books and Random Thoughts
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This blog contains mostly book reviews of fiction books, along with some movie reviews and commentary (hence the "random thoughts" in the title). Since September or so, the commentary has included discussion of liberal politics.
- Added on: Dec 24th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Lori
- Listed in: Books Democratic
- Tags: Democrat book reviews commentary movie reviews random thoughts liberal politics
Recent Posts
Red River Flood News Brings Back Bad Memories
I turned on CNN a couple of nights ago just in time to hear news of major flooding in the Upper Midwest. The Red River is carving out a path of destruction in Eastern North Dakota similar to--or worse than--that of 1997. I was going to grad school ...
Fantasy Fishing
In these tough economic times, it's good to know there are still places where easy money can be had. Time magazine clued me in to just such a place in their February 16 edition, where I read an article about Fantasy Fishing. I had heard of fantasy ...
The Shack, by William Paul Young (Book Review)
What an amazing book! I had resisted reading it initially, seeing that it was religious. I finally broke down and read it based on my mother's recommendation, actually. Neither of us is what anyone would consider religious, but I suppose we both h...
Capitol Conspiracy, by William Bernhardt (Book Review)
In some horrible alternate universe in which there is no President Obama (still love saying that), another Republican president is elected after Bush. No, not McCain, but someone rather like Bush. This president barely escapes an assassination att...
Carpool Diem, by Nancy Star (Book Review)
This is a light, fun novel, as the name implies. It pokes fun at the disturbing social trend of certain types of upper-middle class parents who push their kids too hard over things that really don't matter all that much.Annie Fleming is the workahol...
11 Days Until Inauguration Day
I was in Barnes and Nobles this evening after work when I heard a couple of teenagers talking about Barack Obama novels. I happened to catch the eye of one of them and smiled. I didn't think anything about it until I left the store and went out int...
