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Archives for 2010
Review | The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus #1) by Rick Riordan
2010-11-30 · by ·
Riordan has done it again! So much so, that I think this was my favorite of all his books that I’ve read so far. It’s been a while since I’ve posted a book review despite having read a handful of books in the last little while. But after reading this gem of a book, I […]
Review | The Blueprint: How the Democrats won Colorado by Rob Witwer and Adam Schrager
2010-11-29 · by ·
If you walk away with nothing from this book, it should be this: by using data, organization, and money, political operatives are manipulating how voters think about their candidates with less than accurate information, and it is driving good candidates away from public service. Without a doubt, “The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado” is […]
Review | Miles Away, Worlds Apart by Alan Sakowitz
2010-10-25 · by ·
It’s guys like Scott Rothstein that give attorneys a bad name. And it’s guys like Alan Sakowitz that prove that humanity is, at its heart, good. I recently finished “Miles Away, Worlds Apart” by Alan Sakowitz, an attorney and real estate investor whose path crossed with Scott Rothstein, an attorney and one time Ponzi scheme artist. Billed by some as a “criminal thriller,” […]
Review | Dark Life by Kat Falls
2010-08-20 · by ·
Dark Life is a post-apocalyptic type book. As a result of climate change and earthquakes, the world’s oceans have risen and there is little land for humans to live on. Topsiders (people who live on land) live in stack cities with virtually no space to move around. Ty and his family are ‘pioneer’ settlers that […]
Review | The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
2010-01-08 · by ·
Wow. I just finished reading The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. It definitely makes my top ten list of all time. It took me a few pages to get into, but once there, it just kept getting better and better. I laughed out loud, I cried, I laughed again and cried again. I don’t […]
