I know recently re-focused on music but I think one post every once in awhile about Books (or movies or…whatever) isn’t a bad thing. So I hope you don’t mind. If you do…let me know.
Dead Wake by Erik Larson…
A Few Books
Books
What Alice Forgot
I think you can describe this as Chick-Lit.
Kate read this and constantly wanted to chat with me about what was happening in the book. When she finished she asked me to read it…please. I said yes.
This book covers …
The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
The Pale King is an unfinished novel by David Foster Wallace. Wallace had been working on this book for a decade (or so they say) when he committed suicide. His widow found the manuscript and associated computer files and …
Mr G by Alan Lightman
Science meet poetry via god plus some math (other things too). I’m quite sure the math is right. The science, too, seems solid
but that’s not what you’ll be talking (thinking) about.
It’s a wonderful tale of …
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
This was one of my summer reads (how did I not read this book before now?) and at the time I didn’t realize that it was being made into a movie (how did I not know this?). …
The Journal of Best Practices
By David Finch
A memoir of marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and one man’s quest to be a better husband.
Marriage is not the easiest thing even when you are “normal”. Now let’s throw in undiagnosed Asperger. That’s where this book …
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Ok let’s get this out of the way. I’m not a baseball guy (it’s two guys playing catch and every once in awhile something happens). The fantasy season is so bloody long and if you are in a daily line …
Moby Dick
If you follow what I’ve read you know that I’ve been reading this book for awhile. I’ve never read it. I don’t know why but one day I walked into a bookstore. OK I know why I walked into the …
Tinkers
By Paul Harding
I think I picked up this book because it reminded me of Einstein’s Dreams (which reminds me I should re-read that). The physical nature of the book is quite similar. Well that and fact that my Dad …
Love is a Mix Tape
By Rob Sheffield
It’s an easy book. It’s a hard book to get through. If you love music it’s a fun book. Plus I remember mix tapes. Some people wouldn’t have any idea why these two thing make sense together …
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