Every so often I come across a bad book. When you read almost 30 books a year, it … [Read more]
The Circle, by David Eggers
When Mae arrives on her first day of work at The Circle, the world’s largest internet company, she is immediately engulfed and welcomed on campus, dazzled by the constant events and built-in social life. As the reader and a geek, I too was dazzled. All the perks of working for the mega-rich … [Read more]
In case you have forgotten how joyous it is to literally laugh out loud
I am shortly relocating from NYC to Seattle, and last weekend, I flew to Seattle to find a place to live. Finding a place to live in three days is stressful, and it doesn't help that the flight from NYC to Seattle is six hours, so The Rosie Project turned out to be the perfect book. This book is … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:4 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: Asperger's Syndrome, cheap kindle version, comedy, Graeme Simsion, LOL for real, The Rosie Project ·
Chevalier: I officially don’t get it
This is the second of Chevalier's books that I have read. Last year I tackled "Girl with the Pearl Earring" and despite the critical acclaim, it fell flat for me and I found it obvious, and sort of a chore. I also didn't like Remarkable Creatures, but for somewhat different reasons. This novel … [Read more]
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
This is the second of my (at least!) ten African authors in this year's Cannonball. I picked this up based mostly on the title and the fact that I hadn't read anything by an Ethiopian author yet. But this book is not about Ethiopia, really--it's about being an Ethiopian in America or, more … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:5 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: Destaw Mengestu, Ethiopia, immigrant, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, Washington DC ·
A trip through Dante’s Inferno
As a true lover of Dante’s Divine Comedy, I must confess that Brown’s choice of inspiration for his fourth Langdon novel hit just the right spot for me. While some readers may be bored by his lengthy descriptions of Dante’s cantos on the odyssey from Inferno and Purgatory to Paradise, I … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:9 ·
Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Suspense ·
Tags: Dante, Florence, genetic engineering, Istanbul, Malthus, overpopulation ·