Archive - 2008 - Book Review

Crash: A Novel

Crash: A Novel

author: J.G. Ballard

name: Steev

average rating: 3.61

book published: 1973

rating: 5

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date added: 2008/09/20

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End Credits

End Credits

author: A.F. Rützy

name: Steev

average rating: 4.07

book published: 2008

rating: 4

read at: 2008/09/16

date added: 2008/09/16

shelves: fun, novels

Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents)

Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents)

author: Dick Hebdige

name: Steev

average rating: 3.96

book published: 1979

rating: 4

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date added: 2008/09/14

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Michael Caine - Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (The Applause Acting Series) Revised Expanded Edition

Michael Caine - Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (The Applause Acting Series) Revised Expanded Edition

author: Michael Caine

name: Steev

average rating: 3.94

book published: 2000

rating: 4

read at: 2008/09/01

date added: 2008/09/11

shelves: filmmaking

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Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

author: Kurt Vonnegut

name: Steev

average rating: 4.18

book published: 1963

rating: 5

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date added: 2008/09/05

shelves: novels

review:
This is probably my favorite Vonnegut, with the possible exception of Player Piano. Ice-9 is terrifying.

Angry Women (Re/Search ; 13)

Angry Women (Re/Search ; 13)

author: Andrea Juno

name: Steev

average rating: 4.03

book published: 1991

rating: 4

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date added: 2008/09/05

shelves: politics

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Memento & Following

Memento & Following

author: Christopher Nolan

name: Steev

average rating: 4.00

book published: 2001

rating: 4

read at: 2008/08/30

date added: 2008/08/30

shelves: filmmaking

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White Noise (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

White Noise (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

author: Don DeLillo

name: Steev

average rating: 3.86

book published: 1985

rating: 4

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date added: 2008/08/17

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The Complete Persepolis

The Complete Persepolis

author: Marjane Satrapi

name: Steev

average rating: 4.32

book published: 2003

rating: 4

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date added: 2008/08/17

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A People's History of American Empire

A People's History of American Empire

author: Howard Zinn

name: Steev

average rating: 4.14

book published: 2008

rating: 4

read at: 2008/08/17

date added: 2008/08/17

shelves: fun, politics

review:
basically a cartoon excerpting of Zinn's People's History of The United States. Very well done. Kind of along the lines of the excellent Addicted to War "graphic novel."