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I'll Never Forget The Day I Read A Book!

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Short, humorous reviews of books that held my interest long enough for me to finish them.

Added on: Dec 7th, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: ROTUS
Listed in: Books Personal
Tags: books fiction book reviews history biography non fiction

Recent Posts

Oryx and Crake

Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 08:20 in science fiction, margaret atwood, crime novel, oryx and crake, the year of the flood

Margaret AtwoodI heard a radio interview with Margaret Atwood, promoting her latest book The Year of the Flood. She mentioned that some characters and the speculative scenario were common to this earlier novel. In preparation for reading the new one ...
Rain Gods

Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 06:42 in texas, katrina, crime fiction, crime novel, james lee burke

James Lee BurkeI am attracted to James Lee Burke's characters despite their dark nature. Each of his protagonists is a veteran, scarred by his experience in war. Private detective Dave Robicheaux and lawyer Billy Bob Holland in Vietnam. In Rain Gods ...
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Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 06:25 in history, children's books, blog carnival, crime fiction, crime novels, books book reviews

The thirtieth Book Review Blog Carnival is posted at the Book Review Blog Carnival" blog. Who woulda thunk it?The next edition will be hosted by Linus's Blanket on November 22nd. Submit your reviews now at our Blogcarnival.com page....
Long Quiet Highway

Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 22:11 in meditation, writing, memoir, zen buddhism, natalie goldberg

Waking Up In AmericaNatalie Goldberg"People would rather read about how to become a writer than read the actual products of writing: poems, novels, short stories," says Natalie Goldberg in the opening chapter of this, her third and, I think best, mem...
The Lost Symbol

Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 14:50 in fiction, dan brown, the davinci code, crime novels, the lost symbol, noetic science

Dan BrownI'm probably the last person in the wold to write a review of the latest mega best seller by Dan Brown, who burst onto the scene with The Davinci Code in 2003. In The Lost Symbol, Brown brings back his professorial protagonist Robert Langdon...
Book Review Blog Carnival # 29

Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 11:54 in books, book reviews, blog carnival

I posted the first Book Review Blog Carnival on this blog on September 28th last year. Since then there has been a carnival every other Sunday without fail. Today's carnival is hosted by a newcomer, Kitsch Slapped, a tastefully presented blog about b...