Posted in Book Reviews, Humor, Pseudonymous Bosch by: Julia
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21 Feb
Author: Pseudonymous Bosch
Book: This Book Is Not Good For You
Genre: Young Adult/Humorous
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: I know this is a young adult book, but a friend of mine bought it for me for Christmas and it’s got a chocolate bar on the cover, so that got me reading it pretty much immediately. It’s actually the third [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Tim Scott by: Julia
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19 Mar
Author: Tim Scott
Book: Love in the Time of Fridges – A Sci-Fi Thriller (of sorts)
Genre: Sci Fi, Humor
Julia Rating: 10
Comments:
This book gets a 10 just for the title. Come on. Who could resist a book called Love in the Time of Fridges? The title is amazing.
I got this book from my awesome [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Douglas Adams, Humor, Sci Fi by: Julia
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31 May
Book: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Author: Douglas Adams
Genre: Sci Fi
Julia Rating: 9 (for humor)
Comments:
Douglas Adams introduces Dirk Gently – a private detective who does his work “holistically” (meaning he believes that if one thing happens in his life, he’s bound to have other things happen which have something to do with that thing). This makes [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Humor, Non Fiction, Speculative Fiction by: Julia
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27 Apr
Book: How to Survive a Robot Uprising
Author: Daniel H. Wilson
Genre: Humor/Speculative Fiction/Non Fiction
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: If you are looking for a humorous, yet factual guide to understanding where modern day robotics is headed, what is in the works and what to do when the inevitable robot rebellion occurs a la iRobot, Terminator, The Matrix and [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Christopher Moore, Historical Fiction, Humor by: Julia
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23 Mar
Book: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
Author: Christopher Moore
Genre: Historical Fiction
Comments:
Lamb is an irreverent and personal look at what Christ would have been like in the intervening years between birth and death. The years the bible does not cover. The story is told by his best friend, Biff, who traveled with Christ [...]