by Gene Roddenberry My self-imposed challenge for Cannonball Read VI is to read all the Star Trek original novels from the first one ever published (in 1970) to the most current. Realizing this is likely to take years (and several Cannonball Reads!), I set up some parameters for myself: only … [Read more]
Wait until she sees my rich golden shaft
I recently saw Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, with Mark Rylance, on Broadway, in an all-male performance. It was sublime. We are seeing it again next week, so I read the play in preparation. I haven't read the play – perhaps any Shakespeare – for at least 15 years. It turns out reading Shakespeare is … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:5 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: Bawdy, comedy, Play, Shakespeare, theater, Twelfth Night ·
Chunk 2 of 4
#14: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle: 2 stars. #15: This Book Is Not Good for You by Pseudonymous Bosch: 1 star. #16: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey: 2 stars. #17: My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse: 3 stars. #18: This Isn't What It Looks Like: 3 … [Read more]
Slave of Passion: Bad BDSM
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 ·