Monthly Archives: August 2013
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Seymour-Smith, Martin. THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS EVER WRITTEN
1August 31, 2013 by ethelfritha
Uhhh. OK, I feel like I’ve been really down on the books I’ve read lately, but seriously. I mean. …
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Nelson, Sara. SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME
Leave a commentAugust 31, 2013 by ethelfritha
This was like a breath of fresh air compared to the last book of its kind that I read. Nelson …
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Schwartz, Ronald B. FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS
Leave a commentAugust 31, 2013 by ethelfritha
AUUUUUUGH THE NAVEL-GAZING
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Corrigan, Maureen. LEAVE ME ALONE, I’M READING
3August 30, 2013 by ethelfritha
Maureen Corrigan is the resident book reviewer for NPR’s Fresh Air. She is a lecturer for Georgetown. She has her …
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Fox, Roxanne, and Johannessen, Joy. THE BOOK THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
Leave a commentAugust 30, 2013 by ethelfritha
So next we come to the subgenre “books about books.” This is very exciting, because I do dearly …
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Sagan, Carl. THE DEMON-HAUNTED WORLD
Leave a commentAugust 29, 2013 by ethelfritha
I had never heard of Carl Sagan before I started reading this book; BtH remembered him as the one who …
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Ward, Mark. BEYOND CHAOS
Leave a commentAugust 29, 2013 by ethelfritha
After the con-men subgenre comes a short “theory of everything” subgenre. This is more up BtH’s alley. I’m not a …
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A Brief Word about the Dewey Decimal System
2August 29, 2013 by ethelfritha
I don’t like it. Me and Dewey go way back, so it’s not just some random crybaby being like, “boo …
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Farquhar, Michael. A TREASURY OF DECEPTION
Leave a commentAugust 28, 2013 by ethelfritha
This is the pop-history version of Bondeson’s book. Here there are stories of journalists who made shit up on the …
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Bondeson, Jan. THE GREAT PRETENDERS
Leave a commentAugust 28, 2013 by ethelfritha
I read the chapter entitled “The Lost Dauphin” in bed one night. It appears that no one knows exactly what …
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