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:: Monday, March 31, 2003 ::
Potter-mania Running Rampant:: Sunday, March 30, 2003 ::
I honestly think Potter-mania may be maniacal enough to compete with Hulk-amania as the most frenzied mania of all time. Unfortunately with Hogan retiring soon and Rowling being whom she is I doubt we'll see a steel cage match-up any time soon.
Until then, read this article.
tim 12:00 PM [+]
What could you do if you wanted to read Lolita in Iran?
Azar Nafisi has done it and tries to explain why and how in her book Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
She sounds like an interesting woman.
Read more.
tim 9:38 AM [+]
I've recently completed 1984 and I must say it's a rather stunning book.
When you apply everything you're reading in the book to modern day life it can all be tacitly linked. Now of course you could develop the tendency to become paranoid or hypercritical but I think the basic tenants of the book - that government agencies are continuously attempting to mold our opinions and thoughts - are now or will be realistic issues.
i feel horrible for the main character, Winston. You really think he's going to be a hero. But, I guess the author sets him up as a patsy all along so readers should not be surprised.
All in all an excellent book.
I'm presently reading Fences and Windows.
tim 9:30 AM [+]
The Threatening Storm reviewed by Jack F. Matlcok Jr, seems to offer some great insight into the political rationale for going to war again with Iraq. Author Kenneth M. Pollack has a wealth of experience, including direct involvement in the first Gulf War.:: Monday, March 24, 2003 ::
Nobody's asking you to agree with him but I think it's important to get past the 'only in it for the oil' mentality.
Read the review.
tim 9:26 AM [+]
Sorry I haven't posted in a while.:: Thursday, March 20, 2003 ::
School's been keeping me busy.
I will update soon.
tim 11:09 PM [+]
a charming little interview with Allistair McLeod.:: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 ::
tim 11:35 AM [+]
I first heard about Pigs at the Trough on the CBC. Now Arianna Huffingtons latest work is reviewed in Esquire.:: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 ::
tim 12:03 PM [+]
Carol Shields' latest effort, Unless has been long-listed for the Orange Prize.:: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 ::
tim 11:17 AM [+]
The Battle For God
Bush v Saddam on a religious, as opposed to a financial level.
tim 4:00 PM [+]
A Box of Matches reviewed:: Monday, March 10, 2003 ::
tim 3:59 PM [+]
This review is brought to you (w/o permission) from the Globe and Mail:: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 ::
Democracy and The News, by Herbert J. Gans, Oxford University Press, 168 pages, $39.50
With an attack on Iraq seeming more inevitable each day, the longstanding question of how much we can trust the news is once again topical. Gans is a professor of sociology at Columbia University -- and the author of the 1979 bestseller Deciding What's News -- so naturally he concentrates on the American media. Here he examines how the role of the journalist has declined at the same time audiences have been shrinking. He makes the case that there's an assembly-line style of production of news with the result being too much focus on public officials such as the American president. This may explain why we'll be seeing more Dubya soon.
tim 11:25 AM [+]
Jarheads:: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 ::
A war story reviewed.
tim 11:06 AM [+]
Sharon's biography
tim 8:45 AM [+]
A new Elvis biography excellently reviewed.:: Monday, March 03, 2003 ::
tim 8:42 AM [+]
Just picked up Naomi Klein's new book, Fences and Windows
Hopefully I'll get it read on March Break.
tim 12:07 PM [+]
