bookreviews

146 posts

1. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (review) April 25, 2014
2. The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction (review) April 20, 2014
3. Third Class Superhero (review) April 20, 2014
4. Njál's Saga (review) December 23, 2013
5. My Struggle (review) December 16, 2013
6. The Antidote (review) June 1, 2013
7. This Is Running for Your Life (review) May 12, 2013
8. The Art of Fielding December 23, 2012
9. Religion for Atheists (review) June 21, 2012
10. Mindless Eating (review) May 20, 2012
11. The First 20 Minutes (review) May 20, 2012
12. Private Empire (review) May 8, 2012
13. The Gift of Fear (review) April 24, 2012
14. Extra Lives (review) February 8, 2012
15. The Authenticity Hoax (review) January 29, 2012
16. Meditations (review) January 9, 2012
17. The Age of the Infovore (review) July 26, 2011
18. On Being Ill (review) July 25, 2011
19. Decoded (review) July 9, 2011
20. In Pursuit of Happiness (review) June 25, 2011
21. What I've been reading, vol. iv November 29, 2010
22. The Book of Basketball (review: 5/5) November 4, 2010
23. On Kindness (review: 4/5) November 4, 2010
24. What I've been reading, vol. iii September 28, 2010
25. The Happiness Hypothesis (review: 5/5) July 13, 2010
26. Then We Came to the End (review: 3.5/5) April 28, 2010
27. The Unlikely Disciple (review: 4/5) March 22, 2010
28. Up in the Air (review: 3/5) March 16, 2010
29. The Happiness Project (review: 3/5) January 28, 2010
30. Bicycle Diaries (review: 3/5) December 28, 2009
31. Manhood for Amateurs (review: 4/5) November 12, 2009
32. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (review: 5/5) October 14, 2009
33. Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior (review: 4/5) July 27, 2009
34. Love Is a Mixtape (review: 4/5) July 7, 2009
35. Oblivion (review: 4/5) March 31, 2009
36. A Theory of Capitalism & Socialism (review: 4.5/5) March 4, 2009
37. American Nerd (review: 3/5) February 10, 2009
38. Miles on Miles (review: 4/5) February 3, 2009
39. The Bin Ladens (review: 5/5) December 2, 2008
40. Crisis & Leviathan (review: 5/5) November 26, 2008
41. How Beautiful It Is and How Easily It Can Be Broken (review: 3.5/5) October 23, 2008
42. The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 (review: 3/5) October 19, 2008
43. A Romance on Three Legs (review: 4/5) October 5, 2008
44. Super Spy (review: 3.5/5) September 25, 2008
45. The Best American Science Writing 2007 (review: 3/5) August 15, 2008
46. August 3, 2008 August 3, 2008
47. Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street (review: 4/5) August 3, 2008
48. Standard Operating Procedure (review: 4/5) July 10, 2008
49. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (review: 2.5/5) June 24, 2008
50. Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me (review: 2/5) June 17, 2008
51. No Country for Old Men (review: 4/5) June 17, 2008
52. Travels with Herodotus (review: 3.5/5) June 3, 2008
53. The New Kings of Nonfiction (review: 3/5) June 1, 2008
54. The Back of the Napkin (review: 3.5/5) May 19, 2008
55. Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America (review: 5/5) May 12, 2008
56. Gemma Bovery (review: 4/5) April 30, 2008
57. Against Happiness (review: 2.5/5) April 28, 2008
58. The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2007 (review: 3.5/5) April 18, 2008
59. How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read (review: 3/5) April 9, 2008
60. Der Weg der Menschen (review: 3/5) March 30, 2008
61. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (review: 5/5) March 30, 2008
62. Die Stadt (review: 3.5/5) March 25, 2008
63. Die Sonne (review: 4/5) March 21, 2008
64. The Definitive Drucker (review: 2.5/5) March 11, 2008
65. Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library (review: 3/5) February 21, 2008
66. Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America (3.5/5) February 19, 2008
67. The Party of the First Part: The Curious World of Legalese (review: 3/5) February 16, 2008
68. Why Mars & Venus Collide (review: 3/5) February 11, 2008
69. (What I learned about craftsmanship in) The Violin Maker (review: 4/5) February 4, 2008
70. The Braindead Megaphone (review: 4.5/5) January 31, 2008
71. Clyde Fans: Book One (review: 5/5) January 3, 2008
72. The Road (review: 5/5) December 30, 2007
73. Flash Fiction Forward: 80 Very Short Stories (review: 3.5/5) December 16, 2007
74. You Don't Love Me Yet (review: 3.5/5) December 7, 2007
75. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (review: 5/5) November 29, 2007
76. A Whole New Mind (review: 2.5/5) November 24, 2007
77. Now and Forever: Somewhere a Band Is Playing & Leviathan 99 (review: 3/5) November 23, 2007
78. The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed (review: 3.5/5) November 21, 2007
79. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (5/5) November 18, 2007
80. Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean (review: 4/5) November 11, 2007
81. He's Just Not That Into You (review: 4/5) October 21, 2007
82. The Pinball Theory of Apocalypse (review: 1.5/5) October 18, 2007
83. The Best American Comics 2006 (review: 4/5) October 14, 2007
84. The Elements of Style (review: 3/5) October 13, 2007
85. The Devil in the White City (review: dnf) October 7, 2007
86. Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture (review: 2/5) October 7, 2007
87. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (review:3.5/5) October 2, 2007
88. Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (review: dnf) September 24, 2007
89. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game (review: 4/5) September 22, 2007
90. The Book on the Bookshelf (review: 4/5) September 21, 2007
91. The 4 Hour Workweek (review: 3/5) September 18, 2007
92. Cosmopolis (review: 1/5) August 26, 2007
93. Seven Types of Ambiguity (review: 3.5/5) August 23, 2007
94. The Plot: The Secret Story of the The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (review:3/5) August 9, 2007
95. Beowulf (review: 2/5) August 6, 2007
96. Plastic Man: Rubber Bandits (review: 5/5) August 1, 2007
97. The Paris Review Interviews, Volume I (review: 4.5/5) July 31, 2007
98. Animal Farm (review: 0/5) July 18, 2007
99. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (review: 4/5) July 17, 2007
100. Batman: Year 100 (review: 2/5) April 2, 2007
101. The Trouble with Physics (review: dnf) April 1, 2007
102. The Starfish & the Spider (review: 3/5) March 28, 2007
103. Interaction of Color (review: 4.5/5) March 27, 2007
104. The Surrogates (review: 4/5) March 19, 2007
105. When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It (review: 3.5/5) March 15, 2007
106. Dreaming in Code (review: 4.5/5) March 13, 2007
107. A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend (review: 4/5) March 7, 2007
108. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (review: 2.5/5) February 28, 2007
109. The Little Book of Plagiarism (review: 3.5/5) February 20, 2007
110. How to Walk in High Heels (review: 1.5/5) February 16, 2007
111. The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures (review: 2.5/5) February 14, 2007
112. Curses (review: 5/5) February 9, 2007
113. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (review: 5/5) February 9, 2007
114. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs (review: 3.5/5) February 1, 2007
115. Letter to a Christian Nation (review: 3.5/5) January 31, 2007
116. 50 Things Every Young Gentleman Should Know (review: 3/5) January 29, 2007
117. The God Delusion (review: dnf) January 28, 2007
118. Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (review: 3/5) January 11, 2007
119. Just for Fun (review: 3/5) December 26, 2006
120. Take a Nap! Change Your Life (review: 3.5/5) December 26, 2006
121. Farewell Summer (review: 2/5) December 9, 2006
122. The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness (review: 3.5/5) December 8, 2006
123. Blankets (review 3.5/5) December 5, 2006
124. Housekeeping vs. The Dirt (review: 3.5/5) December 1, 2006
125. Ghost World (review: 3/5) November 30, 2006
126. Noise (review: 1.5/5) November 29, 2006
127. In the Shadow of No Towers (review 2.5/5) November 28, 2006
128. The Ghost Map (review: 4/5) November 27, 2006
129. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (review: 2.5/5) November 16, 2006
130. Reinventing Comics (review: 3/5) November 13, 2006
131. Lincoln Unmasked (review: 2.5/5) November 7, 2006
132. Making Comics (review: 4.5/5) November 4, 2006
133. Small is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas (review: 3.5/5) October 31, 2006
134. The 9/11 Report: A Graphical Adaptation (review: 2/5) October 30, 2006
135. Understanding Comics (review: 4.5/5) October 22, 2006
136. Ordinary People (review: 4.5/5) October 22, 2006
137. Envisioning Information (review: 4/5) October 19, 2006
138. Beautiful Evidence (review: 4.5/5) October 10, 2006
139. The Wisdom of Crowds (review: 4/5) October 8, 2006
140. The Law (review: 5/5) August 24, 2006
141. The Tipping Point (review: 2/5) August 23, 2006
142. Heidi Klum's Body of Knowledge (review: 3/5) August 15, 2006
143. The Time Traveler's Wife (review: 3.5/5) August 15, 2006
144. Everything Bad is Good for You (review: 4/5) August 10, 2006
145. The Works (review: 4/5) August 2, 2006
146. The Botany of Desire (review: 3.5/5) July 30, 2006