Description (from the cover): Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king’s priests have divined her small village to be the home of the future princess. In a year’s time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride […]
Archives for 2012
Review | Divergent by Veronica Roth
2012-09-09 · by ·
Synopsis from Goodreads: In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue–Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will […]
Review | Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
2012-08-16 · by ·
Until I got my iPad for Christmas, the only Apple product I had ever owned was an iPod that ended up collecting dust on my dresser. A cool product, but since I couldn’t work out with it, I never much used it. My iPad, however, is another story. For me, it is a tool I use daily. I take notes, read books, […]
Review | The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
2012-07-07 · by ·
The Night Circus is a story about two magicians who are in a competition to see who is the better of the two. The Night Circus is the venue selected for the magicians to compete in. To outsiders, and even those who run in the inner circles of the Circus, it is quite clear that […]
Review | Redshirts by John Scalzi
2012-07-02 · by ·
This is the fourth Scalzi I’ve read, and Scalzi proves again that he has a talent for dialogue, for character, and for crafting a clever plot in a bite size portion. While I would never call myself a Trekkie–I much prefer Star Wars, and I have never been able to buy into Roddenberry‘s vision of a utopian […]
Review | Cinder by Marissa Meyer
2012-06-06 · by ·
Synopsis from Goodreads: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen […]
Review | The Tower, The Zoo, and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart
2012-06-03 · by ·
Synopsis from Goodreads: Balthazar Jones has lived in the Tower of London with his loving wife, Hebe, and his 120-year-old pet tortoise for the past eight years. Balthazar is a Beefeater, one of the Tower’s guards. It’s no easy job living and working in the tourist attraction in present-day London. Among the eccentric characters who […]
Review | Civilization: the West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson
2012-05-24 · by ·
The elevator pitch for Niall Ferguson‘s “Civilization: The West and the Rest” is simple: Western civilization has risen to dominate world affairs over the last five hundred years, a record unmatched in world history and at odds with its population and geography relative to other countries and civilizations, due to six “killer apps” that have provided an advantage […]
Review | Heaven Is Here by Stephanie Nielson
2012-04-17 · by ·
Heaven is Here tells the story of Stephanie Nielson, best known for her blog, ‘The Nienie Dialogues.’ In 2008 Stephanie and her husband were in a plane crash that burned over 80% of her body. Many doctors believed she wouldn’t survive, but through the Stephanie fought through the physical and emotional pain to overcome the […]
Review | The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
2012-04-06 · by ·
Michael Lewis can tell a story like no other. In fact, even before I finished reading his “The Big Short,” I wanted to work the book into every conversation I had. The story was that interesting and compelling. Anyone who can take the financial crisis of the last few years, find a story in it that […]
