Wed - April 15, 2009

To be fair: Clay Shirky on #amazonfail


He says we're all villagers with pitchforks who don't want to put them down, even once we find out we were wrong

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Tue - April 14, 2009

#AmazonFAIL follow-up


Links to the latest

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Sun - April 12, 2009

Still developing: Amazon, say it ain't so!!!


Gay-themed books universally considered "adult" content? "Adult" content has rankings stripped?

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Sat - July 12, 2008

So many books, so little time


I've been on a reading frenzy, but have had no time for thoughtful reviews

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Wed - April 23, 2008

April is National Poetry Month, and my aunt is a poet


And this weekend she was featured in the Washington Post

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Sun - December 30, 2007

Hollis Gillespie's Bleachy-haired Honky Bitch, Tales from a Bad Neighborhood


Consider how much I love blogs, it's weird I don't love books like this more

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Tue - December 4, 2007

Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin


A book I really should have loved

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Thu - September 20, 2007

Book Review: "You Suck" by Christopher Moore


Easily digestible, but doesn't stick to your ribs

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Thu - July 5, 2007

This month's Silicon Veggie is about my book club


And our most recent choice, my choice: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

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Sun - April 8, 2007

Book Club selections #12 and 13...John Updike's Terrorist and Dave Eggers' What is the What


Only one Book Club member could get through the Updike, but I'm still trying

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Book Club Selection #11: Kim Edwards' The Memory Keeper's Daughter


Compelling kick-off, a story that bubbles along, an ending that disappoints

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Wed - March 7, 2007

Green Design, edited by Buzz Poole


An eco-conscious book housed in a nearly decadent form factor!

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Mon - January 1, 2007

Book Club Selection #10: Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics


A coming-of-age story that becomes a who- and a why-dunnit, full of literary references, true and false

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Sun - October 8, 2006

Al Franken's The Truth...with Jokes


It's really not very funny. It's really kind of sad.

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Sat - September 16, 2006

A Tale of Two Books: Stephen Greenblatt's Will in the World and Steve Swayne's How Sondheim Found His Sound


One, an exercise in speculation and tedium, the other over my head, but challenging.

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