by Robert Draper
***** [5/5]
I have been recommending this book to everyone I know. The author researched and followed the freshman class of tea party republicans that took office a few years ago. This book really helped me understand the background of these people, and while humanizing it is also fairly humiliating for them. The author clearly paints the picture of idealism run amok, and the frightful disfunction they forced on congress.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
When I Found You
by Catherine Hyde
** [2/5]
This book tells the story of an infant boy found in the woods by a hunter. The boy struggles in life with his broken family and searches hard for a career and a future. The book weaves the life of the boy and his rescuer together more tightly over time, but the end is fairly predictable and the drama is over-played. Not a great read.
** [2/5]
This book tells the story of an infant boy found in the woods by a hunter. The boy struggles in life with his broken family and searches hard for a career and a future. The book weaves the life of the boy and his rescuer together more tightly over time, but the end is fairly predictable and the drama is over-played. Not a great read.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
My Memories of a Future Life
by Roz Morris
** [2/5]
This is a really odd book. The story is about a young musician dealing with injury that prevents her music and her roommate. The heroine finds herself involved in a psychology study where she is hypnotized and tells of her memories of a future life, which weaves into the struggle she faces in the present. The book is dark, complicated, and not as insightful as one might hope.
** [2/5]
This is a really odd book. The story is about a young musician dealing with injury that prevents her music and her roommate. The heroine finds herself involved in a psychology study where she is hypnotized and tells of her memories of a future life, which weaves into the struggle she faces in the present. The book is dark, complicated, and not as insightful as one might hope.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Then Again
by Diane Keaton
**** [4/5]
This biography is actually very well structured, although I would probably only recommend it if you are a fan of Keaton. She has a more interesting family than I would have guessed, and she demonstrates great strength in her relationships and personal issues. I liked it, and it motivated me to watch Annie Hall for the first time, which was also interesting.
**** [4/5]
This biography is actually very well structured, although I would probably only recommend it if you are a fan of Keaton. She has a more interesting family than I would have guessed, and she demonstrates great strength in her relationships and personal issues. I liked it, and it motivated me to watch Annie Hall for the first time, which was also interesting.
Thursday, July 05, 2012
The Summer Son
by Craig Lancaster
** [2/5]
This story is about a teenage boy spending the summer with his separated dad in Montana. The summer becomes pivotal for his family's further disintegration as his older brother and his father bicker and his step mother leaves. The theme of the book ties to the future as the son struggles to understand his father much later in life, but the ending is easy to see coming and the mellow-drama doesn't have much depth.
** [2/5]
This story is about a teenage boy spending the summer with his separated dad in Montana. The summer becomes pivotal for his family's further disintegration as his older brother and his father bicker and his step mother leaves. The theme of the book ties to the future as the son struggles to understand his father much later in life, but the ending is easy to see coming and the mellow-drama doesn't have much depth.
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