Entries Tagged as 'Books'

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

The Weekend: Connelly Disappoints

9 Dragons (2009), Michael Connelly
Whenever I need a really good police procedural, I turn to Mike Connelly and his wonderfully jaded LA Detective, Hieronymus (Harry) Bosch, who has dependably entertained me for years.  I have even been careful not to read all the Harry Bosch books (there are now 15 of them), so I will […]

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

The Weekend: The Beats


Saturday, February 20th, 2010

The Weekend: Mary Karr’s Lit


Saturday, February 6th, 2010

The Weekend: Kerouac and Serial Monogamy


Saturday, January 16th, 2010

The Weekend: Crumb and Gibbons


Friday, January 1st, 2010

The Weekend: The Real Harvard Square


Sunday, December 20th, 2009

The Weekend: Last Minute Recommendations, Pt. B (Including Book of the Year)


Saturday, December 19th, 2009

The Weekend: Last Minute Recommendations, Pt. A


Saturday, December 12th, 2009

The Weekend: Basketball, and The Sopranos


Saturday, December 5th, 2009

The Weekend: Stieg Larsson’s Third Girl


Saturday, November 14th, 2009

The Weekend: Harrison and Russo


Saturday, November 7th, 2009

The Weekend: Game Six, 1975


Saturday, October 31st, 2009

The Weekend: Burke’s Rain Gods


Saturday, October 10th, 2009

The Weekend: Budapest, 1956


Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

The Weekend: Airth’s River of Darkness


Thursday, September 24th, 2009

The Weekend: Richard Price


Saturday, August 1st, 2009

The Weekend: Updike - Rabbit and Bech


Saturday, July 18th, 2009

The Weekend: Eddie Coyle’s Friends


Saturday, June 27th, 2009

The Weekend: Elmore Leonard’s Hot Kid


Saturday, June 20th, 2009

The Weekend: Arthur Phillips’ The Song is You


Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Michael Connelly’s Scarecrow


Saturday, June 6th, 2009

The Weekend: Denis Johnson’s New Novella


Saturday, May 30th, 2009

The Weekend: Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy


Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

The Weekend: Roger Clemens


Saturday, May 16th, 2009

The Weekend: Michael Thomas’ Man Gone Down


Saturday, May 9th, 2009

The Weekend: Four Teammates


Saturday, February 21st, 2009

The Weekend: Buddy Holly Gold


Saturday, February 14th, 2009

The Weekend: Joe Torre’s Yankee Years


Saturday, December 27th, 2008

The Weekend: McEwan and Penn


Saturday, December 20th, 2008

The Weekend: Graphic Novels


Friday, December 5th, 2008

The Weekend: Two by McKewan


Saturday, November 29th, 2008

The Weekend: Larsson’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo


Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

The Weekend: Michael Connelly’s Brass Verdict


Saturday, November 1st, 2008

The Weekend: Books by Wroblewski, Sedaris, and Lehane


Saturday, October 25th, 2008

The Weekend: Leavitt’s Ramanujan


Saturday, September 6th, 2008

The Weekend: Robert Crais’ Police Procedurals


Saturday, August 16th, 2008

The Weekend: Doug Preston’s Monster


Saturday, August 9th, 2008

The Weekend: The Music of the Sox


Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

The Weekend: Country Music and Baseball


Saturday, July 26th, 2008

The Weekend: Frey’s Bright Shiny Morning


Saturday, July 19th, 2008

The Weekend: Terry Francona and The Sox


Saturday, July 5th, 2008

The Weekend: Two Ton Tony


Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Marshall Centenary


Saturday, June 21st, 2008

The Weekend: A Dog’s Life


Saturday, June 7th, 2008

The Weekend: The Pirates and Roberto Clemente


Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Alaska Bar Convention, Day Two: Miscellanea


Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Miscellanea: Legal and Otherwise


Saturday, March 1st, 2008

The Weekend: Groundbreaking Television, Crime in Boston, the British Invasion Redux


Saturday, December 29th, 2007

The Weekend: Eric Clapton’s Autobiography


Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

The Weekend: That First Big Raid on Ploesti


Saturday, December 8th, 2007

The Weekend: Possible Gift for Beatles Fan?


Saturday, November 24th, 2007

The Weekend: The Music of George Harrison


Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

The Weekend: Greenlaw’s The Lobster Chronicles


Saturday, October 20th, 2007

The Weekend: Richard Russo’s Bridge of Sighs


Saturday, October 13th, 2007

The Weekend: Jack Kerouac


Saturday, October 6th, 2007

The Weekend: Reminiscing Between Playoff Games


Saturday, September 29th, 2007

The Weekend: The Wrong Stuff, The Right Stuff & Too Much Strummer


Saturday, September 15th, 2007

The Weekend: Novels from Boyd, Burke and Stegner


Saturday, September 8th, 2007

The Weekend: Paul Gonsalves Walks Into a Bar, and Orders 27 Choruses


Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Lenny Arsenault, Alaska Labor Leader


Saturday, August 25th, 2007

The Weekend: Katz on Dogs


Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Stephen Carter’s Novels


Friday, January 5th, 2007

The Weekend: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union