Vox’s books tagged adult

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:43:28 +0000

Read 7/15/08 THUMBS WAY UP!

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Downtown Owl: A Novel

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:37:27 +0000

Read 7/2/08 Follows the lives of three citizens of Owl, North Dakota - HSer Mitch, new teacher Julia, and old timer Horace - building up to the blizzard of February 1984. Klosterman is annoying but he writes a good turn of phrase. Angry faces that the book wasn't really ABOUT anything, but it did entertain.

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Day by Day Armageddon (A Zombie Novel)

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:58:25 +0000

Read 6/26/08 An engaging story of zombie apocalypse, despite the production values of an ARC (misspellings, homonym confusion) and literary quality of fanfiction. But v. believable as an unscholared military dude's journal. Good for fans of zombipocalypses, I Am Legend, etc. Note: Apparently a 2nd edition has been issued by an independent press that hopefully eliminates the typographical errors in the first edition. The cover is a lot better, too.

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The Importance of Being Married: A Novel

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:50:25 +0000

Read 6/23/08 (typo-ridden ARC) Bridget Jones' Diary meets She's All That in a fluffy quick read. Loosely drawn from the Oscar Wilde play "The Importance of Being Earnest." Good for English Litty types.

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Lost on Planet China

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:27:53 +0000

Read 6/19/08 (ARC) Author of the well received (by me) book "The Sex Lives of Cannibals" is back and this time he is wandering around China. Awesome! Says Ann. And awesome it is. Compare and contrast with American Shaolin, which featured China in the 80s. Less helpful advice and more anecdotal pleasures, including much rumination on eating ruminants and other beasties. (Om nom nom yak!)

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Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:45:32 +0000

Read 5/27/08

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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:20:32 +0000

Read 5/20/08 Very high thumbs up! Prone to making you laugh out loud in public spaces, such as Metra trains and work lunchrooms. The kind of approachable science text that I love. Plus, walrus penis bones as Inuit war clubs!

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The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (King, Stephen)

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:08:55 +0000

Read 5/19/08

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Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4)

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:10:44 +0000

Read 5/8/08

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The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3)

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:03:03 +0000

Read 5/3/08

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The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2)

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:02:18 +0000

Read 5/1/08

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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:02:11 +0000

Read 5/1/08

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The Gunslinger Born (The Dark Tower Graphic Novel)

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:40:12 +0000

Read 4/20/08

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Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab, The Body Farm, Where the Dead Do Tell Tales (includ

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:40:01 +0000

Read 4/20/08 Though it can be repetitive when it comes to technical explanations of the physiology of death (all the better to only reproduce one chapter and still understand!), this is all in all an interesting book that will appeal to both those interested in forensics, and the history of forensics, and those who like true crime stories. After reading, I want to become one of the thousands who donates her body to the Body Farm - under explicit instructions that the experiment done on my body is that it's mummified in the trunk of a car, of course.

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I Am Legend

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:13:37 +0000

Read 4/11/08 Vampire apocalypse from fifty years ago, now made into a film. Short (170 pages) and fast, an interesting novella of a read.

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Turning Tables

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:03:54 +0000

3/27/08 A fast paced poolside read that took little thought to ingest and which I will probably forget about in the near future - the perfect vacation book. (Pair with a recent viewing of the film "Ratatouille" for an interesting look at the food service industry)

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Bastard Out of Carolina (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition)

nobody@vox.com(librariann) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:03:39 +0000

Read 3/26/08 (re-read)

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