Title: Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance Author: Garrison Keillor Genre: Humor Publication Date: September 2009 Purchase Price: $25.95 (hardback) Misc. Info.: Further tales from the lives of the citizens of Lake Wobegon. What starts out as a simple trip to Rome to honor a fallen soldier becomes something entirely different for Margie Krebsbach, fifty-three year-old English…
“The secret is how to die.”
Title: The Lost Symbol Author: Dan Brown Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: September 2009 Purchase Price: $28.95 (hardback) Misc. Info.: Part of the continuing adventures of Robert Langdon, Symbologist and Bad-Ass Part philosophy, part theology, and part what-the-f*ckery, The Lost Symbol is the third feather in Dan Brown’s cap. And just as his previous two novels…
“When you read/You begin with A-B-C…”
How to Read If you’re a fan of this blog (or of the internet, or of understanding how that new gadget is supposed to be put together, or of…well, almost anything), chances are you know how to read — or at least, mostly. Of course there’s the basics, front to back, left to right, top…
A dirty book is rarely dusty (Unknown source)
It has oft been said that the eyes are the windows to the soul; that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach; and that you have to judge a man by how he treats your best friend. But I believe that I have found another way, a better way, to decide who…