Monday, December 09, 2013

Books I've Been Paid To Read Lately

Life is still elsewhere, but here are some recent reviews:

Of Chris Hadfield's A Guide to Life on Earth.

Of Bill Bryson's One Summer.

Of Eric Schlosser's terrifying Command and Control.

Of The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan.

Of Scatter, Adapt and Remember by Annalee Newitz.

Of Time Reborn by Lee Smolin.


As Daffy Duck might say if he reviewed books, it's not nearly a living.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why would anyone pay a hack to read anything.

nathan said...

No idea, but thank god they do or I wouldn't read at all.

nathan said...

New policy for 2014: comments can't be anonymous. If I'm going expend the minimum amount of effort updating this thing, you gotta show the minimum amount of courage.

Negative comments still welcome - encouraged, even.

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