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Esquire (12 issues) Review

August 27th, 2010 shelly maxim No comments
Esquire

Each issue of Esquire is like this: 30 pages of ads for expensive clothing, cars, cologne, and stuff like that before you even get to the table of contents. Then, in no particular order, you have an article about a celebrity you have absolutely no interest in, a feature about some clothing company or gadgets [...]

The New Yorker (1-year) Review

August 26th, 2010 Michael Russell No comments
The New Yorker

I have been subscribing to the New Yorker for five years now, and it has been a very enlightening experience.The New Yorker does its part in covering big news stories, but it’s not really a news magazine.The perspectives are unique (and admittedly lean to the left), and the kind you’re not likely to get elsewhere.The [...]

The Alchemist [Paperback] Review

July 28th, 2010 Matthew Robert No comments
The Alchemist [Paperback]

Yes, much of what negative reviewers of this book have to say is true:the writing is blunt and simple, the characters lack depth and complexity, it is quite male-focused in its subject matter and language, it has a bunch of quasi-religious mumbo-jumbo, and so on.This book should not be put on the list of great [...]

Cloud Atlas: A Novel [Paperback] Review

July 28th, 2010 Matthew Robert No comments
Cloud Atlas: A Novel [Paperback]

This goes down as one of my favorite books of the year. Story in a nutshell (without spoilers): Cloud Atlas consists of 6 [slightly] interlinking stories, told from the viewpoint of 6 different individuals at different points in time. The first story consists of the letters of Adam Ewing, and his fateful trip on a [...]

The Catcher in the Rye [Paperback] Review

July 28th, 2010 Mary Schaefer No comments
The Catcher in the Rye [Paperback]

It is difficult to remember what it was like to read this book for the first time.It is also difficult to imagine a book where each new reading provides so much more illumination into the main character and his personality. I can remember finding Catcher to be funny the first time I read it.I now [...]

Atlas Shrugged [Paperback] Review

July 28th, 2010 Joe Dimon No comments
Atlas Shrugged [Paperback]

I want to say from the beginning that one does not need to agree with a philosophy to appreciate it.Obviously most of the critics and some of the supporters have never read this work.One need not approve of communism to give the Communist Manifesto a high rating but it is certainly a must read. Ayn [...]