What Makes a Hero?: The Surprising Science of Selflessness by Elizabeth Svoboda This book has one of the best covers I’ve seen in years. So striking, people kept stopping by my desk and peering at it, trying to figure out what it was about. I don’t know how they made it, but the artist/designer deserves …
Apr 08
Book Review – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie This author was recommended to me by a reader I trust with the comment that he was way funnier reading his work than most stand-up comedians. Half the books I “read” these days are audiobooks, so I went and got one. I thought this …
Apr 07
Empty Mulberry Wands Box
This is the empty box I’m going to use for the cover of MULBERRY WANDS, the sequel to ALTERNATE SUSAN. I made it much bigger this time, but still with the same proportions so I didn’t have to do much editing on gimp to make it work as the cover of the book. I …
Mar 31
Book Review: The Numbers Game
The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life by Michael Blastland This is a really cool book that interprets common statistical and information-gathering misunderstandings in a way that everyone can understand. Maybe that doesn’t make it sound interesting, but trust me, it is. This book will …
Mar 27
Book Review: The Golem and the Jinni
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker I absolutely adored this book. I found it in my list of “books added” accidentally, having marked it there from a goodreads giveaway and then forgotten. Faced with a need for a good book, I bought it from audible and started listening to it the same day. …