Tag: book reviews

by CG FEWSTON November 14, 2014
Non-Fiction

Rework (2010) by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier & Their Advice for Greatness

“To do great work,” write the authors, “you need to feel that you’re making a difference. That you’re putting a meaningful dent in the universe. That you’re part of something important.”

by CG FEWSTON November 7, 2014
Fiction

The Kite Runner (2003) by Khaled Hosseini & the Rape of a Friendship

If you think Khaled is the boy Amir who witnesses his servant and childhood friend, Hassan, being anally raped in an alley and does nothing and then seeks a life-long journey of redemption, then I am afraid your credulity may make it difficult to separate fact from fiction in any story or event.

by CG FEWSTON October 16, 2014
Fiction Non-Fiction Pictures

*** 140th Post *** Manuscript Found in Accra (2012) by Paulo Coelho & the Keys to Success

A book you’d like to keep by your bedside to read a chapter each night before sleep or upon waking early in the morning.

by CG FEWSTON August 15, 2014
Fiction Pictures

The Alchemist (1988) by Paulo Coelho & Your Personal Legend

“Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However, we don’t all have the courage to confront our own dream.”

by CG FEWSTON August 6, 2014
Fiction Pictures Poetry

The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J.D. Salinger

Holden is a grieving young man unable to cope with his brother’s death and much like Quentin Compson in The Sound and the Fury, we watch a sixteen-year-old Holden as he indirectly contemplates suicide over the course of a few days.

by CG FEWSTON July 28, 2014
Fiction Film Non-Fiction Pictures Videos

Why I Write (1946) by George Orwell & the 4 Questions Every Writer Should Ask

One can sense the sheer joy words must have given Orwell when he describes his history with reading and writing, and it makes this reader all the more glad that such poetry can live in the hearts of men and women.

by CG FEWSTON May 29, 2014
Fiction Pictures

The Naked and the Dead (1948) by Norman Mailer

The Naked and the Dead is concerned with the invasion and taking of the Japanese-controlled island of Anopopei. Most of the 721-page book follows a platoon as they prepare to land on the island until the successful American victory, with some inserts from ”The Time Machine” to give back story to the platoon of foot soldiers the nameless, omniscient narrator follows through the campaign in third person POV.