Monster Vols. 17-18, by Naoki Urasawa
January 14, 2009 9:48 amThe concluding volumes of this thriller are as intricate and well-realized as the first 16. The lead up to and... View Article
Category: 52 Books/52 Weeks
Getting Real, by 37signals
January 12, 2009 2:36 amA brilliant, concise book on developing powerful, usable web applications. Beyond that, though, there are lessons here that can be... View Article
The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain
January 7, 2009 2:16 amA classic noir novel of lust and murder. Amusing how the crime committed by the main characters – and how... View Article
What I Read in 2008
January 3, 2009 2:39 amI set out at the beginning of 2008 to see if I could do something I’d never specifically tried to... View Article
Blindness, by Jose Saramago
December 30, 2008 2:02 amFurther proof of my philistinism: this was written by a Nobel prize winner, I hated it. It read like a... View Article
Thunderstruck, by Erik Larson
December 28, 2008 12:01 pmA second tome by Larson intertwining Victorian murder and scientific/cultural developments. Not as engaging as The Devil in the White City, due to the subjects...
A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh Child, by Rick Geary
December 28, 2008 2:51 amContinuing Rick Geary’s series on history’s greatest crimes and murders. These are classics for anyone who enjoys historical true crime... View Article
I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets, by Fletcher Hanks
December 27, 2008 2:47 amEdited by Paul Karasik A collection of comics from obscure titles of the 30s and 40s. Among the most bizarre... View Article
Fishtown, by Kevin Colden
December 26, 2008 2:45 amBased on the true story about teenagers who murdered a friend in working-class Philadelphia in 2003. A remarkable debut ?... View Article
Local, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly
December 25, 2008 2:40 amConnected short stories following one character through 12 years of her life, with issue covering her life in a different... View Article