(I read this book as part of The Mount TBR Challenge. Here’s to a shorter list!) Bill Bryson was on a plane flying over the Pacific Ocean when it occurred to him that he knew very little about the round ball we call home. Everything—from how the universe was created to how our cells work—was…
Category: Reading Challenge
Review: Born on a Blue Day
(I listened to this audiobook as part of the 2013 Audio Book Challenge.) Daniel Tammet was born on Wednesday, January 31, 1979. He knows it’s a Wednesday because the day is blue, just like the number nine or loud voices arguing. Tammet was born with savant syndrome, and has an obsessive need for order and…
Review: Team of Rivals
(I read this book as part of The Mount TBR Challenge. Here’s to a shorter list!) I wrote a little about Team of Rivals last week, but now that I’ve actually finished and had time to digest the book, I wanted a chance to get some more thoughts out of my head. Goodwin’s book is…
Announcing 2013 Reading Challenges!
Depending on whether or not you read my blog via email/RSS or “in person,” you may not have seen that I’ve added a 2013 Reading Challenges page. I’ve moped frequently about my apparent inability to complete more than one challenge so far, so this year I played it safe and signed up for three. 🙂…
Review: The First Rule of Ten
(I read this book as part of the Pay it Sideways Challenge. Join in anytime, we’d love to have you!) Tenzing Norbu—Ten for for short—is feeling restless. A recent encounter with a .45 automatic means the final nail in the coffin that was his career as an LAPD detective, and he’s in no mood to…