Archive - 2009 - Book Review

God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre

God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre

author: Richard Grant

name: Steev

average rating: 3.82

book published: 2008

rating: 4

read at: 2009/02/04

date added: 2009/02/04

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Watchmen

Watchmen

author: Alan Moore

name: Steev

average rating: 4.29

book published: 1986

rating: 5

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date added: 2009/01/13

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The Tipping Point

The Tipping Point

author: Malcolm Gladwell

name: Steev

average rating: 3.67

book published: 2000

rating: 4

read at: 2005/11/01

date added: 2009/01/09

shelves: to-re-read

review:
This is one of those great "big idea" books.



The funny thing is that I read it in 2005 in one night passing through Flagstaff on a film tour. I think I read it so fast that I would benefit from reading it again.

2666: A Novel (3-Volume Boxed Set)

2666: A Novel (3-Volume Boxed Set)

author: Roberto Bolaño

name: Steev

average rating: 4.37

book published: 2006

rating: 5

read at: 2009/01/02

date added: 2009/01/02

shelves: novels

review:
Pretty amazing book. Bolaño is a first-rate novelist. I almost feel like "The Savage Detectives" was better though.