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Book 20 I was in the local section of a book store in the French Quarter. I should do a full post about the bookstores in the French Quarter. Michael Ondaatje is actually Canadian, and is most famous for writing The English Patient. Coming… Continue Reading “Coming Through Slaughter, by Michael Ondaatje”
Book 19I hadn’t read any of Brite’s books before, but there was an essay in one of my New Orleans books so I thought I should check her out. Liquor is the first in a series of at least three. The plot involves a… Continue Reading “Liquor, by Poppy Z. Brite”
Book 18The concept of this book was to weave the personal history of the three famed heroes of the Alamo – Crockett, Bowie and Travis – from birth to the main event. There was a lot of myth-busting. Because Travis was younger, the first… Continue Reading “Three Roads to the Alamo, by William Davis”
Book 17 The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler, was a One Book One Chicago pick last year. I find it an interesting choice, in that these book club picks generally have something to say about race relations or the immigrant experience of one culture… Continue Reading “The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler”
Book 16 I read Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery because I had never read it before. As a child, I thought it would be a bit too Little House on the Prairie for me. And I didn’t like Little House on the… Continue Reading “Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery”
Book 15I read The House on Mango Street because it is the One Book, One Chicago pick for this season. (Utter Scoundrel is now saying “Ahem, you haven’t read The Long Goodbye yet”. It’s on my shelf!) This slim volume of vignettes is from… Continue Reading “The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros”
Book 14 Shatterpoint, by Matthew Stover, is a Clone Wars novel following Mace Windu on a bad, scary mission to his home world. I read Stover’s novelization of Revenge of the Sith and it was a really good adaptation, so I was excited about… Continue Reading “Star Wars – Shatterpoint, by Matthew Stover”
Book 13 I picked up Diversity: Leaders not Labels from the library as research material for my group project. Then I realized it was written by Stedman Graham, who is a big deal management consultant in Chicago and also known as Oprah’s Significant Other.… Continue Reading “Diversity: Leaders not Labels, by Stedman Graham”
Book 12 I picked up How to Become a Great Boss, by Jeffrey J. Fox as a reference book for my first paper this semester. Turns out it is pretty readable with short, illustrative vignettes. One memorable moment came with “Don’t Check Expense Accounts”.… Continue Reading “How to Become a Great Boss, by Jeffrey J. Fox”
Book 9 (Which I seem to have skipped over earlier) Help! Was That a Career Limiting Move? was literally assigned reading in my current course, “Managing People, Professionals and Teams”. This is a business etiquette book. It was a whole bunch of short pieces… Continue Reading “Help! Was that a Career Limiting Move? by Pamela J. Holland and Marjorie Brody”
The Next Dark Age 