Looking through posts tagged ‘book reviews’

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Breakfast of Champions | 30th Jan 2010

Breakfast of Champions is the story of Dwayne Hoover, a car dealer obsessed with the writings of a science fiction author named Kilgore Trout. Hoover has requested that Trout be invited to speak at his town’s art festival. As Trout travels to the city, Hoover undergoes some sort of mental breakdown. The story is definitely [...]

The Lost Symbol | 30th Dec 2009

I spent the first week of my holiday break reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. This novel follows a similar format to Brown’s previous Robert Langdon stories, The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. I enjoyed both of those stories a lot, which made reading this latest installment a no-brainer. In fact, I [...]

Strange Diseases, Oh My! | 25th Feb 2009

We were learning about a few strange diseases in Microbiology today. Sadie loves to read books on weird diseases like the ones we were talking about. Most of them are nonfiction, and they all sound pretty bizarre. I’ll add a short list of books she has read or reviewed and their corresponding diseases. The Hot [...]

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | 30th Oct 2007

Here’s my turn to be Sadie for a minute. I finally finished Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Overall, it was pretty good. I liked John Berendt‘s writing style and the laid back atmosphere of Savannah was relaxing to read about. It wasn’t the most intense or exciting book I’ve ever read, but [...]

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