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Banned Book: Ulysses
For Banned Books Week, I decided to read James Joyce’s Ulysses, well not quite the whole thing this week, it’s 640 pages long. Anyway, I have no idea why the book was banned. Nothing happens.
It’s the story of a guy going through a day and all his thoughts and other people’s thoughts and thoughts of [...]
Posted: October 3rd, 2008 under Carp Books, book reviews.
Footnotes: none
The Dumbest Generation
The Dumbest Generation: Don’t trust anyone under 30
Mark Bauerlein
236 pages
Kids today have more technology, leisure time, spending money and opportunities and yet are some of the stupidest people you’ll ever meet. This isn’t just bashing on youth, there are facts to show that kids these days know nothing. Bauerlein proves his premise and outlines why [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2008 under book reviews.
Footnotes: 2
American Nerd
American Nerd: The Story of my People
Benjamin Nugent
224 Pages
Nerds have gotten lots of attention lately, they are our saviors now. They have become more an ideal rather than an oddball group to pick on. Nugent traces back the origin of the nerd, showing from history and literature where the nerd psyche comes from.
I found the [...]
Posted: September 8th, 2008 under book reviews.
Footnotes: none
A Stranger in the House of God
A Stranger in the House of God
Joseph Koessler
214 pages
The latest fad in Christian publishing is the self-loathing Christian testimonial. Most of surrounding the issue of how much the church stinks. Blue Like Jazz made the type famous.
The great thing about these kinds of books is that you don’t have to know anything except for your [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2008 under book reviews.
Footnotes: 1