Travel Books
Posted in diversions on Jan 29th, 2010
I have managed to read several books on our trip to Germany.
Category Archive for 'diversions'
Book: The Lost Symbol
Posted in diversions on Jan 17th, 2010
If you look carefully at the fine print on the back of some books, there is a classification or genre listed, largely (I think) to help the bookseller know where to shelve the volume. In the case of Dan Brown’s latest novel I think the genre should read “hyperbole” or perhaps “suspension of disbelief.”
That the [...]
Book: Sudden Prey
Posted in diversions on Jan 11th, 2010
Yet another Prey book.
Book: Mind Prey
Posted in diversions on Jan 11th, 2010
John Sandford week continues with Mind Prey.
Book: Point of Impact
Posted in diversions on Jan 8th, 2010
One of my favorite books, Point of Impact chronicles an ingenious plot to assassinate a public figure and frame a former Marine sniper. Only he’s smarter than anyone expects. I know there was a movie made a few years ago that loosely follows the same plot, but I’ve not seen that so I don’t know [...]
Book: Invisible Prey
Posted in diversions on Jan 4th, 2010
John Sandford week continues. Somehow I missed several of the Prey books so I am now catching up. The only problem with this is I’ve read all the ones I have in the house so I’m fresh out of new books to read.
Book: Hidden Prey
Posted in diversions on Jan 3rd, 2010
Hidden Prey is another John Sandford novel, this time with Lucas Davenport as the central character. As usual, Sandford spins a good story, with great characters and a couple of good plot twists.
Book: Heat Lightning
Posted in diversions on Jan 2nd, 2010
John Sandford’s Heat Lightning is the second book with the central character Virgil Flowers. Â Virgil works for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for Lucas Davenport, the central character of all the Prey books. The first Virgil Flowers book, Dark of the Moon, was a little slow getting started but a good read. This second [...]
2010 Books
Posted in diversions on Jan 2nd, 2010
Every year in December I start to think about tracking the books I read for a year. I frequently am reading more than one book at a time, and sometimes I read two or three books in a week. Being the child of organized list makers, tracking what I read isn’t necessarily a simple thing. [...]
Down on Up
Posted in diversions, life on Jun 14th, 2009
Usually I am a huge fan of Pixar movies. However, I have to say that I was disappointed with Up. Well, not with the story, although I have some problems with it too, but primarily with the experience.
Why did this movie have to be in 3-D? What did we gain by having to wear polarized [...]