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Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute and Endanger the Press

by Craig Silverman
- Rated 4 stars
“Regret the Error is an exhaustive and illuminating look at media errors - the history, their impact, and what can and should be done to address the problem. Silverman does a great job addressing a topic that is too often ignored or dealt with only superficially. In an increasingly complex and layered media environment, reducing error is more important than ever, and Regret the Error is an important contribution to the subject.”

mikel wrote this review Sunday, December 2 2007. ( reply | permalink )
What's The Matter With Kansas?

by Thomas Frank
- Rated 3 stars
“Frank has written a very interesting capsule of one corner of the Republican revolution of the late 80s and 90s. By now (2007) many of the themes have become cliché, but the story of how a Democratic stronghold turned Republican, seemingly against the population's personal interest, is an important one to understand.”

mikel wrote this review Monday, November 12 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Microserfs

by Douglas Coupland
- Rated 4 stars
“Microserfs is not a great novel, but it is a very good novel, and, with Shampoo Planet and Life After God forms the core of Coupland's important body of work.”

mikel wrote this review Monday, November 12 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

by Douglas Coupland
- Rated 3 stars
“More sensation than novel, this is the book that set Coupland's career on its way. It's not nearly as strong (as a novel) as some of his later work, but as a capsule of a time immediately before the dot-com world was born - and of the attendant despair that most born in the mid-to-late 60s felt - it's definitely a must-read.”

mikel wrote this review Monday, November 12 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Baudolino

by Umberto Eco
- Rated 3 stars
“This isn't my favourite of Eco's oeuvre, but if you like Eco, you will definitely enjoy Baudolino. Take your time and get past the slow start and it's worthwhile.”

mikel wrote this review Monday, November 12 2007. ( reply | permalink )
The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco
- Rated 5 stars
“One of my favourite novels of all time. Don't waste your time with the movie - go for the real deal, and learn while enjoying a great literary ride.”

mikel wrote this review Monday, November 12 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

by Tom Robbins
- Rated 3 stars
“Good from Tom Robbins. Not as great as some of his earlier work, but not terrible by any means.”

mikel wrote this review Monday, November 12 2007. ( reply | permalink )
The System of the World

by Neal Stephenson
- Rated 5 stars
“Simply terrific - the payoff of finishing the whole Baroque Cycle is well worth the effort.”

mikel wrote this review Friday, October 26 2007. ( reply | permalink )
The Confusion

by Neal Stephenson
- Rated 4 stars
“Although this is perhaps the lesser of the three volumes of The Baroque Cycle, it is nevertheless a fantastic read that sustains the reader's interest through great writing and great stories.”

mikel wrote this review Friday, October 26 2007. ( reply | permalink )
On Green Dolphin Street: A Novel (Vintage International)

by S. Faulks
- Rated 2 stars
“Faulks is unquestionably a very good writer, but I found myself disappointed that he strayed from his earlier formula of weaving the history of an era more closely with the overall arc of the novel. The historical events surrounding "On Green Dolphin Street" seem nothing more than incidental, whereas in earlier novels they were fundamental elements of the story.”

mikel wrote this review Friday, October 26 2007. ( reply | permalink )