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Reviews 21Book: Anathem (Neal Stephenson, Hardcover)
Interesting premise, but execution is not enthralling I liked the premise for this book a lot. Cloistered, secluded intellectuals pursuing their research with very limited technology, no individual property rights, and no faith in transcendent entities - walled ap... read full review Book: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Peter (AFT) Ackroyd, Hardcover)
Fun with books I’ve had quite a few evenings of fun with friends by playing the "1000 Places To See Before You Die" game. It is quite a simple game: one person opens Patricia Schultz’s book at a random page, reads o... read full review Book: The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt, Paperback)
Quirky, eccentric, loveable DeWitt’s wonderfully eccentric story, about depressed but linguistically gifted mother Sibylla and her child prodigy Ludo, is a charming one: Ludo starts playing the piano at three, reading Ancient Greek at fou... read full review Book: We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver, Hardcover)
Beautifully written, compelling This book is story of travel writer and entrepreneur Eva Khatchadourian, and of how her life is destroyed by the birth of a child, Kevin, who turns out to be inscrutably mean. It reminded me most of Doris Lessi... read full review Book: How (Dov L. Seidman, Hardcover)
Disappointing "How" by Dov Seidman, a book about how ethics is changing the rules of business for the better, was a disappointment. Quite personal, often based on "war stories" from the author's care... read full review |
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