2010 Book Post 12
Finished: I LOVE IT WHEN YOU TALK RETRO: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop A Dime, and The Forgotten Origins of American Speech by Ralph Keyes - An interesting compendium about the origins of certain phrases in our language. Some of the sources were surprising.
Currently reading:
Home/Commute (on Palm handheld): THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkein
I will update this list as I change books in particular categories.
Read this year:
THE PLUTO FILES: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet by Neil Degrasse Tyson
a book the title and author of which I cannot reveal at this time.
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger
UNDER THE DOME by Stephen King
YOUR HATE MAIL WILL BE GRADED by John Scalzi
THE BOX by Richard Matheson
HAUNTED AMERICA by Michael Norman and Beth Scott
THE WELL OF ASCENSION by Brandon Sanderson
RACING THE BEAM: The Atari Video Computer System by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost
THE HERO OF AGES by Brandon Sanderson (Book 3 in the trilogy)
Currently reading:
Home/Commute (on Palm handheld): THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkein
I will update this list as I change books in particular categories.
Read this year:
THE PLUTO FILES: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet by Neil Degrasse Tyson
a book the title and author of which I cannot reveal at this time.
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger
UNDER THE DOME by Stephen King
YOUR HATE MAIL WILL BE GRADED by John Scalzi
THE BOX by Richard Matheson
HAUNTED AMERICA by Michael Norman and Beth Scott
THE WELL OF ASCENSION by Brandon Sanderson
RACING THE BEAM: The Atari Video Computer System by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost
THE HERO OF AGES by Brandon Sanderson (Book 3 in the trilogy)