‘The Emperor of All Maladies’ by Siddhartha Mukherjee Date finished: May 29, 2012 Genre: Health, Science Year: 2010 Project: n/a Reading List: Spring 2012 Quick thoughts upon finishing: Sometimes being a book person (and compulsive reader of book blogs) is a good thing. I had heard a lot of buzz about The Emperor of All [...]

‘Northanger Abbey’ by Jane Austen Date finished: May 8, 2012 Genre: Fiction Year: 1817 Project: n/a Reading List: Spring 2012 Quick thoughts upon finishing:  You know, I haven’t read a Jane Austen book since … well, since I re-read Pride and Prejudice about a year ago. But I haven’t read one for the first time [...]

‘Netherland’ by Joseph O’Neill Date finished: May 3, 2012 Genre: Fiction Year: 2008 Project: n/a Reading List: Spring 2012 Quick thoughts upon finishing: This was certainly a different book. It was written by a guy born in Ireland and then raised in South Africa, Mozambique, Iran and Turkey. The main character is Dutch. His wife [...]

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Date Finished: April 26, 2012 Genre: Fiction Year: 2005 Project: n/a Reading List: Spring 2012 Quick thoughts upon finishing: It took me a hard-earned day off to finally finish No Country for Old Men. If that tells you anything. Ugh, it sure says something to me: weeks [...]

So I know I haven’t been blogging lately. I know. To be frank, I haven’t been reading very much lately, though I do have two book reviews to write here today. Work has simply been kicking my ass. To say I need a vacation is an understatement. Unfortunately, saving vacation time for my honeymoon means [...]

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Date finished: March 19, 2012 Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction Year: 2005 Project: n/a Reading List: Spring 2012 Quick thoughts upon finishing: I finished this book in two days. I think that pretty much says it all. But if it doesn’t, here’s what I also have to say: this [...]

Night Shift by Stephen King Date finished: March 17, 2012 Genre: Horror Year: 1978 Project: n/a Reading list: Spring 2012 Quick thoughts upon finishing: As a rule, I’m generally a fan of every Stephen King book I read. He is, after all, my favorite author. But sometimes, you come across one of his weaker books. [...]

Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in theWorld by Greg Critser Date finished: March 4, 2012 Genre: Science, Health Year: 2003 Project: n/a Reading List: Spring 2012, Rory’s Reading List Quick thoughts upon finishing: I think Fat Land had its moments. Essentially, Greg Critser is writing about the American obesity epidemic in Fat [...]

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Date finished: Feb. 23, 2012 Genre: Fiction Year: 2000 Project: n/a Reading list: Winter 2011-12, Man Booker Prize Quick thoughts upon finishing: I’ve been sitting here for the past half hour since finishing The Blind Assassin, trying to think of how to begin talking about this book. Buzzwords tend [...]

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld Date finished: Feb. 9, 2012 Genre: Fiction Year: 2005 Project: n/a Reading List: Winter 2011-12 Quick thoughts upon finishing: I think I might have liked Prep if the book had included any of the following: —Dark humor —Insightful perspectives into the elite world of private boarding schools —Some kind of extraordinary [...]