Posted in Around the house, Bangladesh, Books on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
… is actually a mocha and some quality time with Kindle :)
The Kindle is everything I dreamt it could be and more … I can take 10 books to the coffee shop, all in my purse! I can read with one hand! I don’t have to wait three weeks for books to come in [...]
Posted in Books, tagged Non-fiction, Reading on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Apparently it’s been busy around here, as I haven’t gotten through as many books as I sometimes do. As usual, these are all non-fiction. Some of my reflections:
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Smile When You’re Lying: Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer
by Chuck Thompson
• A quick read looking back on a career in the travel writing industry. Essentially a compilation [...]
Posted in Books on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week I stumbled across a totally random but really excellent book.
Where We Have Hope: A Memoir of Zimbabwe by Andrew Meldrum recounts the author’s 23 years of living and working in Zimbabwe as a foreign correspondent, until he was illegally deported in 2003. Meldrum moved to Zimbabwe shortly after its independence, excited by [...]
Posted in Books on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As you’ve seen, I generally like to wait until I’ve worked my way through a bunch of books to give you my two sentence, take-it-or-leave-it recommendations. However, I’ve just finished reading a book that I think just might be important enough to warrant a change of policy.
The book is In Defense of Food by [...]
Posted in Books on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
a continuation of the earlier list…
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Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times (audiobook)
by George Crile
• A great book (now a movie, which I hear is also excellent) recounting how Congressman Charlie Wilson got swept [...]
Posted in Books on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After a long break, another review of books! I’ll start today and post the rest tomorrow. Again, almost all the books I read are non-fiction – but still interesting and even fun, I promise!
I don’t know if it makes any difference to read a book or listen to it on my iPod, but the [...]
Posted in Books on June 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had some time on my hands lately (lots of it) so I’ve been reading … a lot. Also I’m way into audiobooks lately, since my parents keep bringing home foster-dogs which I end up having to take on lots of walks. Anyways, all of these are non-fiction, which know doesn’t do it [...]
Posted in Books on February 10, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Thank goodness, because I’m certainly tired of Cyprus. A long time ago on a blog far far away, I reviewed the books that I was reading while in Costa Rica. I’ll now pick up where I left off, just in case one of my three loyal readers is looking for a nice winter read. A [...]
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