Monthly Archives: June 2005

Sprawling, funny essays about historical sites dealing with Presidential-assassination-related historical sites. (Well, mostly dealing with.) Pretty funny, and a couple of good insights, besides. Pretty much what you’d expect from Sarah Vowell.

Well, I liked it a lot better than I liked Eastern Standard Tribe, which I thought was an interesting idea with an execution that went nowhere. I downloaded this as an e-book, and read it on an aging Palm IIIc; … Continue reading →

Another Scott Westerfeld book, another non-Midnighters novel. Ah, well. Uglies is good enough to forgive this. Well, except for the ending, which sets up the next book, Pretties, and not much else. (And then there’s Specials. Wonder how we’ll get … Continue reading →

Almost-harrowing tale of a bad-boy chef’s slide downwards and eventual re-establishment, told in a breezy, fun style. A good read.

Popcorn, ah, sweet, pure popcorn, how I adore thee. (Book 2 was inexplicably shelved on an entirely different set of shelves than books 1 and 3. Ah, well, as long as our librarian knows where to find ‘em.)

Enjoyable young-adult popcorn about a nine-lived cat-girl, her friends, and the cult out to kill her and ever other cat-person like her. Popcorn in the best sense, and set in a place I know pretty well– San Francisco– so also … Continue reading →

Just as satisfying on the nth go-round as it was the first time. Textured fantasy. Reading it already knowing some of the things that will happen is an exercise in dreadful anticipation. Can’t wait for the next book to come … Continue reading →

The book’s full title is Selling ‘em by the Sack: White Castle and the Creation of American Food. Part fascinating history of White Castle, a fast-food restaurant far more influential than you think; part fascinating information about the creation of … Continue reading →