Okay, this is longer than my usual quotes, but I think it’s important. I’ve read a lot of discussions about girls toys v. boys toys, why there aren’t any cool videogames for girls, why for the love of all that is holy does everything have to be pink? Thought-provoking stuff: “The problem that needs to be fixed is not kick… Read more
Next on the new book parade, Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success: Entrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow (Wired, Fast Company, The New Yorker, and cofounder of Contently) analyzes the lives of people and companies that do incredible things in implausibly short time. How do some startups go from zero to billions in mere months? How did Alexander the Great,… Read more
I’ve got 3 new books to tell you about, all from the nice folks at Harper Collins. First up, The Bully of Order: Set in a logging town on the lawless Pacific coast of Washington State at the turn of the twentieth century, a spellbinding novel of fate and redemption—told with a muscular lyricism and filled with a cast of… Read more
I was a Kiss fan as a teenager, so I was really looking forward to reading Nothin’ to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975). Author Ken Sharpe has pulled together an amazing series of interviews with former band members, roadies, industry and media people. In addition, there are a host of more recognizable names: Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Iggy Pop, Ted… Read more
I had to give this one some thought. I don’t really agree, but I see the point that he is trying to make. Reading is certainly using your brain, and reading about other people and their achievements can be inspiring, but at some point, you have to get up and do something! “Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind… Read more
I would think he would need sunglasses to cut the glare…off his abs. Read more
This one looks intriguing! The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo: Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel but bankrupt family, has few prospects. But fate intervenes when she receives an unusual proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family. They want her to become a ghost bride for the family’s only son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, a… Read more
And now, the second book from Tor-Forge, Wolfsbane by Gillian Philip: It’s tough being the foretold savior of your race. Rory MacGregor, kept a virtual prisoner in his own father’s dun and hunted by the Sithe queen, needs a break now and then—and what better fun than tearing the Veil no one else can tear and escaping to the Otherworld? In… Read more
This week, I’ve got some new books from the folks at Tor/Forge! First up, Hurricane by Tobias S. Buckell: Prudence “Roo” Jones never thought he’d have a family to look after—until suddenly he found himself taking care of his orphaned teenage nephew. Roo, a former Caribbean Intelligence operative, spends his downtime on his catamaran dodging the punishing hurricanes that are the… Read more
Isn’t this insightful? I can think of so many books that I have read and reread and I always find something valuable in them. That’s a true classic. “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” – Italo Calvino, Italian journalist and author Read more