Before reading Joseph Ellis' "His Excellency George Washington" I think the most I knew was that he was the first president (two terms), he was the general in the revolutionary war, he had a wife named Martha, and he had false teeth. American history classes never talk about his except to acknowledge he was there before going back to the ( Read more... )

"Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy" is the full title and it's the best non-fiction book I've read in a long time. Though at times it seems like conspiracy theory ramblings. I'm aware of a lot of environmental problems over the years, moves by the religious right ( Read more... )

I've read three books in the last month, mostly while waiting for builds at work or while brushing my teeth.

First up is Fledgling by Octavia Butler. I like stories that give a real world like base for something that stories generally treat as supernatural. It's not that I dislike supernatural stories, but once something is in that realm, more ( Read more... )

I just finished reading the latest Christopher Moore book, A Dirty Job. Like all of his books I've read, it made me laugh out loud. Get it, read it, laugh, be happy.