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Reviewed by Erika Schmidt
on Apr 09, 2012
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, by Siddhartha Mukherjee - Available in print (616.994 M953)
The Emperor of All Maladies is a difficult book to read, both thematically and...
Reviewed by Bobbie Monzon
on Mar 29, 2012
Apocalypse on the Set by Ben Taylor. Available in print (791.43 T238).
For anyone interested in moviemaking and Hollywood gossip Apocalypse on the Set should satisfy both cravings. This book covers...
Reviewed by Jeremy Snell
on Mar 03, 2012
It's Saturday and 75-degrees in San Francisco.
Being at work and only able to admire the sunlight from afar, Donna and I decided to whip together a display highlighting urban/indoor gardening,...
Reviewed by Jeremy Snell
on Feb 27, 2012
Available in [Print] from the Library
I’ve known of John Green for a few years. He is an award-winning author of titles such as Looking for Alaska and Will Grayson, Will Grayson, but my experience...
Reviewed by Sharon Miller
on Feb 17, 2012
I can’t believe I read the whole thing! King’s latest story is perhaps his biggest yet, and the 800 plus pages kept me up past my bedtime more than once. For a reader prepared to suspend disbelief he...
Reviewed by Taryn Edwards
on Jan 20, 2012
Available in [Print] (936.3 K921)
When I was in my early college days, rather than wasting time on boys, I spent my time in libraries immersing (you’ll get the pun shortly) myself in tomes on the bog...
Reviewed by Jeremy Snell
on Jan 17, 2012
Daybreak (741.5 R163)
Brian Ralph
A good read for fans of the zombie genre, Daybreak is a first-person graphic novel seen through the eyes of a silent observer tackling the day-to-day task of...
Reviewed by Jeremy Snell
on Dec 29, 2011
At the end of the year there are always numerous Best Books of _____ lists that show up. Recently, the SF Chronicle compiled what they deem the best 100 books of 2011, but if you're like me and a...
Reviewed by Taryn Edwards
on Dec 19, 2011
Available in [print].
This book is a very readable translation/retelling of Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur.
If you love King Arthur stories this is a primary source but previous editions have...
Reviewed by Taryn Edwards
on Nov 22, 2011
I didn’t always love beer.
I had my first taste when I was probably 5 or 6 years old, stolen from my dad’s can of Coors. Or was it Black Label when he left it on the porch he was building one warm...