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Jamie's Italy
I have a crush on Jamie Oliver. Also, I'm Italian.This is not why I chose to review this book and I promise that I'm not being biased about it either.For me the glue that binds any cookbook to the...
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Autobiographical Briefs
I read two autobiographies recently that were highly anticipated for a number of reasons and I thought I would share a few thoughts on each here with all of you.I saw Rob Lowe on a few of the talk...
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Keith Richards - Life
Don't go into this one expecting a lighthearted autobiography that you can bang out in a day or two as we've come to expect (or so it seems) from the celebrity type. "Life" at times felt as long as the...
View ArticleA Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton
As a student I find, if I attempt to access them, my resources are almost infinite! I have a school library that has too many books to count in. Yet I only read something if it truly interests me.I...
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Sons of the Pope
My good friend Dan O'Connor's novel Sons of the Pope is out this week (Kindle version available now, physical version ships 12/12).I just finished the book today and it's really terrific, I am not just...
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Favorite Books of 2012
Whoa! It's been awhile since I posted here! Blogger sure has changed! Anyway, thought I'd share my favorite books of 2012!Last year I started reading like a maniac again. I took my son to get his...
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Bruce - Peter Ames Carlin
I am a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen so it was with great anticipation that I delved into this biography. This is not a quick nor an easy read and to those who aren't big fans of his, it may not even...
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Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock by Sammy Hagar
This autobiography is an easy read, written very clearly in a rock and roll, no-nonsense voice. Hagar takes you on his Journey from his boyhood, early bands, Montrose, Van Halen, Chickenfoot and of...
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Article 20
No glory holes in this book. Alice Clayton wrote one of the best-worst chic lit books that I've read in a long time.And by worst I mean there is stuff in there that made me blush in a way that I hadn't...
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Everything Is Illuminated
I recently heard of this book listening to Pop Culture Happy Hour on NPR; Linda Holmes was talking about it and I was intrigued and requested it from the library. Only once I received it did I realize...
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Up All Night: My Life and Times in Rock Radio
It’s hard for me to be overly critical about this book because of the author. Carol Miller, a long time host rock radio personality in New York, was someone I listened to from the mid-seventies through...
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Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking
Disclaimer: The author of this book, Erin Dionne, is a personal friend of mine, that affects this review in exactly two ways: 1. It's extremely unlikely I would have read a "Young Adult" novel had it...
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Step On a Crack
Patterson cranks out so many books using what I assume is something of an outsourcing model, that I am constantly amazed at how the quality control piece of the puzzle works so efficiently.I had been...
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The Night Circus
Back in January of 2013, Sicilian Mama reviewed this book on this blog as part of her favorite books of 2012. Her review was part of what made me want to read this book and I thought I would include...
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Having seen the entire TV series without ever reading the books, I decided to take a stab (pun intended) at this series to see the genesis of the Dexter character, learn how they adapted the story...
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Lean Mean Thirteen
A few days ago I finished the 13th installment of the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. These books are not works of fancy literature, but, if like me, you've grown to enjoy the characters in...
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Teacher Man
Unlike the millions of folks who read Frank McCourt's first two books, Angela's Ashes and 'Tis, I found a copy of his third offering in a closet in my basement. I recalled this copy being part of a...
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Maximum Ride - Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
This series is marketed at young adults but I happen to enjoy them very much. This, the third in the series follows the adventures of an interesting group of kids. How interesting you ask? if I told...
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One Summer: America, 1927
I am a Bryson fan, I loved so many of his previous books, especially "A Walk in the Woods", which is just hysterical and brilliant.In his "A Short History of Nearly Everything", Bryson offers what I...
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Crash and Burn
I happen to be an Artie Lange fan, I listened to just about all of his run on the Howard Stern Show, I've seen just about all of the movies he's made, seen his stand-up specials, read both of his...
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