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Book 23: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
I finished this book moments ago, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I picked up “American Gods” because it was the first “one book one twitter” selection. I enjoyed the modern mythology of how the gods of america were brought here by … Continue reading
Book 22: At Home On The Street by Jason Wasserman & Jeffrey Clair
This book, “At Home On The Street” and accompanying film “American Refugees” are an exquisite study of homelessness in Birmingham. Rather than citing facts and figures from other studies, the authors (Jason Wasserman & Jeffrey Clair) spent an enormous amount … Continue reading
Book 21: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Picked up this book because I saw it on a reading list, and I had to take out two separate extensions from the library on it. Not for lack of inspiration – indeed, Paul Farmer M.D. is the man I … Continue reading
Book 20: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Someone recommended this book on a recent “how do i become a better person” metafilter thread. I usually loathe self help books, but I actually liked this one enough to order a copy for myself. (I can say this because … Continue reading
Book 19: I am Nujood, Age 10, Divorced by Nujood Ali
In keeping with reading incredibly depressing oh-my-god-my-life-rocks-inspiring books, I decided to read “I Am Nujood, Age 10, Divorced” by Nujood Ali. This is a story of an incredibly courageous child-woman-hero, and her struggle to obtain a divorce from her arranged … Continue reading
Book 18: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Yeah, I know. I laughed most of the way through Twilight the movie, and here I am a year later reading the book. So, it wasn’t great. (But it wasn’t terrible). And yes, I’m reading the 2nd book…because how can … Continue reading
Book 17: Little Bee by Chris Cleave
“Little Bee” is a book full of sadness. I started reading the book, thinking that it was about the 16-year-old Nigerian orphan, Little Bee, but the book turned out to be more about the upper class white family her life … Continue reading
Book 16: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
OK, I didn’t intend for 2010 to be the year of the “made-into-a-movie” book, but that’s what is showing up on the kobobooks top ebooks, and that’s what I keep buying. (Side note: I was buying a lot of books … Continue reading
Book 15: Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan
This is a quick and easy, sometimes humorous read. There are little tidbits on each page (my favorite is “don’t eat cereal that changes the color of the milk”) and a simple explanation for most of them. This book isn’t … Continue reading
Book 14: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Heard about this book on NPR, and then several scientist friends mentioned that it was really good. In a time far far away I was in bench science research, and I never once thought about the origination of the cells … Continue reading
