Book Reviews
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Graphic Novel Review: Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
Many of us turn to comics or Graphic novels as they are now called, as a form of stress relief and to escape into some ‘light reading’. Though I hate admitting it, reading a graphic novel can be intense and harder than just settling down with a paperback. With novels, our eyes move linearly, through Read more
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Book Review: Cold Moon
n the vast array of modern day crime fiction writers, Jeffrey Deaver stands heads and shoulders over the rest. His engrossing narrative and familiarity of the territory of crime scene investigation puts his books in a higher caliber than those of the Baldaccis and the Pattersons. (Only Patricia Cornwell’s books come close to Deaver’s works Read more
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Book Review: Supercrunchers by Ian Ayres
In Blink, Gladwell presented a view that in order to make an effective decision an expert’s decision is far better than market studies and statistical analysis. Supercrunchers by Ian Ayres is the perfect antithesis to this view. Ayres opens Supercrunchers with two anecdotes, one where an expert statistician outperforms wine tasting gurus as to the Read more
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Book Review: The Tipping Point
Riveting’ is not a word usually used by a reviewer to describe non-fiction. However, it precisely describes how I feel about Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping point. Brilliant anecdotes and food for thought make this book a lucid read. I know this book was out in 2002 but it slipped my radar until very recently. What causes Read more
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Book and Movie Review: The Ruins
The Book The Ruins by Scott Smith, hailed by the maestro Stephen King as the best horror novel of the century is engrossing and macabre and creepy. I found it thoroughly enjoyable. Two couples on holiday in Cancun, Mexico. A chance encounter with a few Greeks and a German and the appearance of mysterious map Read more
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Book Review: Step on a Crack
This is another run of the mill tale from Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. The plot opens somewhat promisingly. The first lady is fatally poisoned and the perpetrator swears that this is only the beginning. The funeral of the diseased is held in a huge church in New York and is attended by high profile people Read more
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