How excellent are his covers for 1984 and Animal Farm (2 of the most memorable books I read during my childhood)?

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I can’t even talk about how behind I am in my 24 in 12 project, because I am just too humiliated to admit that I couldn’t manage to read two books a month, but I can talk about how much I enjoyed my last book.

The New Kings of Non Fiction is edited by Ira Glass […]

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Since we’ve started training I have literally listened to the same mix that I made for NYE at Union Hall for every run. So lame, I know. I’m tired of it, but when I remember to make a new mix, I get too lazy to follow through. So last week I decided to download a […]

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Some of you may remember that I started this little project called 24 in 12 back in January in which I promised to read two books every month. And as pathetic as this project is (who can’t read two books a month?!) some of you may have noticed I haven’t really been keeping up with […]

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I just wrapped up book three of 24 in 12. Take the Cannoli by Sara Vowell is a great collection of short stories, memories, and thoughts. This collection runs the gamut in terms of topics, but all were funny, enjoyable and well written.

Vowell brings the reader along for her trip to Disney World, the Trail […]

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I wrapped up Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories by Jincy Willett this past week—just in the nick of time to start my next book without being behind schedule in 24 in 12. I had this book on my Amazon wishlist for quite some time now. It would always pop up as a […]

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I finished the first of my “24 in 12″ books last week. My kick off book was Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich, a story about a team of card counters from MIT who trade in their lives as engineering and math […]

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Last week I finished Daniel Gilbert’s Stumbling on Happiness and neglected to produce a reviewlet so here goes… This book examines how we use what we’ve gone through in the past and what we expect the future to hold in order to determine what we should do in the present. It sounds a little convoluted […]

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A few weeks ago I finished Wall Street Journal writer Sam Walker’s new book, Fantasyland: A Season on Baseball’s Lunatic Fringe but never got around to writing a review. I’m trying to figure out the best way to put together concise, informative “reviewlets”. Here goes…
Walker is able to join Tout Wars - an uber-experts only […]

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Sunday morning started out with me feeling too guilty not taking Sasha to Prospect Park despite my Kentuckian swerve I tied on the before. Karen was again hit hard with allergies so Sash and I ventured out on our own to Prospect Park. All in a ll it was a good trip where I learned […]

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