Archive - Book Review

Freedom

Freedom

author: Jonathan Franzen

name: Steev

average rating: 3.61

book published: 2010

rating: 5

read at: 2012/03/19

date added: 2012/03/19

shelves: novels, fun, spirit-self

Cryptonomicon

Cryptonomicon

author: Neal Stephenson

name: Steev

average rating: 4.21

book published: 1999

rating: 4

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date added: 2012/03/18

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Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace

Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace

author: David Lipsky

name: Steev

average rating: 3.84

book published: 2010

rating: 0

read at: 2012/03/02

date added: 2012/03/06

shelves: own-it, spirit-self

Generation A: A Novel

Generation A: A Novel

author: Douglas Coupland

name: Steev

average rating: 3.42

book published: 2009

rating: 4

read at: 2012/02/12

date added: 2012/02/12

shelves: novels, fun

Modem Times 2.0

Modem Times 2.0

author: Michael Moorcock

name: Steev

average rating: 3.50

book published: 2011

rating: 3

read at: 2012/02/02

date added: 2012/02/02

shelves: fun, novels, own-it

Anger

Anger

author: Thich Nhat Hanh

name: Steev

average rating: 4.14

book published:

rating: 5

read at: 2012/01/31

date added: 2012/01/31

shelves: spirit-self, own-it

review:
What can I say, Thich Naht Hanh is a very wise man. I don't know if this is the best book I've ever read on anger, or the most practical, but it gave me lots to think and meditate on.

A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly

author: Philip K. Dick

name: Steev

average rating: 4.00

book published: 1977

rating: 4

read at: 2009/09/15

date added: 2009/10/17

shelves: novels, own-it

review:
As usual, PKD messes with your head in this "what is reality?" and "what is self?" psychodrama.

The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle

author: Philip K. Dick

name: Steev

average rating: 3.82

book published: 1962

rating: 5

read at: 2004/06/01

date added: 2009/10/17

shelves: novels, politics

review:
I think this is still my favorite of all PKD's novels. It has the most sweeping vision of alternate reality and it is the most chilling and close to home, even if it's one of the most outlandish.

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

author: Eric Hoffer

name: Steev

average rating: 4.12

book published: 1951

rating: 4

read at: 2009/10/17

date added: 2009/10/24

shelves: politics, own-it

Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littin

Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littin

author: Gabriel García Márquez

name: Steev

average rating: 3.74

book published: 1986

rating: 4

read at: 2009/10/25

date added: 2009/11/04

shelves: politics, filmmaking, fun, own-it