Well Worn In » Books http://www.wellwornin.com/blog Everybody Knows This is Nowhere Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:57:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Creepy Excerpt for Halloween http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/10/creepy-excerpt-for-halloween/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/10/creepy-excerpt-for-halloween/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:52:50 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=1077 Beal’s nightmarish life grew darker on a walking tour in the area around Kharkov in the fall of 1932.  As he stepped off the beaten path, he saw a corpse lying by a ceek and was accosted by starving peasants.  In the spring of 1933 he found a “dead horse and a dead man upon [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/10/creepy-excerpt-for-halloween/feed/ 0 2011 Reading List http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/02/2011-reading-list/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/02/2011-reading-list/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:16:29 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=929 Exactly one year ago today–March 1, 2010–I posted my 2010 reading list.  I’m proud to say I actually read many of the titles that appear on that list.  I read some others, too.  So, here’s my reading list for the foreseeable future.  If you have any recommendations please leave them in the comments!

Infinite Jest [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/02/2011-reading-list/feed/ 1 Summer Reading Book Reviews… http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/08/summer-reading-book-reviews/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/08/summer-reading-book-reviews/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:32:02 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=718 Summer is dunzo.  Bummer.  I didn’t do much this summer besides sleep and read.  Here are my book reviews, they’re short and to the point.


Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz

A great read by an author who is becoming one of my favorites.  [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/08/summer-reading-book-reviews/feed/ 0 Book Review: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/04/book-review-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/04/book-review-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:21:17 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=689

By Robert Persig

Publisher: William Morrow & Company

I first heard about this novel when checking out some reading lists online, specifically, a reading list for men.  The title intrigued me, so I did a little looking and found that it was [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/04/book-review-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance/feed/ 0 Book Review: SuperFreakonomics http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/03/book-review-superfreakonomics/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/03/book-review-superfreakonomics/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:00:07 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=656

By: Steven D. Levitt (The Economist) & Stephen J. Dubner (The Writer)

Publisher: William Morrow

If you’ve read Freakonomics and enjoyed it, you should read it’s sequel, SuperFreakonomics.  There I said it–That’s the review in a nutshell.  For a more detailed review, continue reading.

Good news and [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/03/book-review-superfreakonomics/feed/ 1 Book Review: *A Short History of Nearly Everything http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/03/book-review-a-short-history-of-nearly-everything/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/03/book-review-a-short-history-of-nearly-everything/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:38:42 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=647

*A Short History of Nearly Everything

By Bill Bryson

Publisher: Broadway Books

If you’ve ever read Bill Bryson, you know the experience is unlike reading any other author.  In A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bryson attacks–well, nearly everything, with his [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/03/book-review-a-short-history-of-nearly-everything/feed/ 0 Book Review: A Voyage Long And Strange http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/02/book-review-a-voyage-long-and-strange/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/02/book-review-a-voyage-long-and-strange/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:53:52 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=615 A Voyage Long and Strange

By Tony Horwitz

Publisher: Picador

How much do you know about American History?  Well, Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, and the pilgrims landed at Plymouth rock in 1620, and the Declar–wait.

What happened between 1492 and 1620?  If you’re like many Americans, [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/02/book-review-a-voyage-long-and-strange/feed/ 0 SuperFreakonomics http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2009/10/superfreakonomics/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2009/10/superfreakonomics/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:08:08 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/http:/www.wellwornin.com/writings Steven Levitt www.thedailyshow.com

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If you thought Kanye West was an ass, you should read this.

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