thedailychannel.com — current reading
At the moment I'm reading five books. I'm reading them rather slowly, and I recommend each one of them, as being re-readable. I have been commenting on them in my daily weblog instead of waiting to finish them all. I give a link to each "preview" below.
Since all new reviews appear directly in the ongoing web journal they won't be added to the following archive of ...
thedailychannel.com — other reading
reviewed in May 2002
**** Alma Braziliera music CD by Paulo Moura
**** Silver Lininga music CD by Bonnie Raitt
**** Come Away With Me music CD Norah Jones
I could give this CD ***** and it wouldn't hurt me a bit
reviewed in April 2002
*** How to Grow a Novel by Sol Stein
**** Minolta DimageX Camera
New photo essay:Los Angeles Artwalk 2002 at the Brewery
reviewed in January 2002
** Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd
Our Adventures in France (Not a book, just some writing and a few photos)
*** The Flu of 1918 by Gina Kolata
reviewed in October 2001
* Play with your Pumpkins by Joost Elffers and Saxton Freymann
*** Boiled Mirliton (delicious!)
**** The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin
reviewed in September 2001
*** Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
* Six-Pound Walleye by Elizabeth Gunn
* Gunman's Rhapsody by Robert B. Parker
Napalm and Silly Putty by George Carlin
** Comfort me with Apples by Ruth Reichl
*** Cubism and Fashion by Richard Martin
**** Mosquito, a natural history of our most persistent and DEADLY FOE by Andrew Spilman and Michael D'Antonio
****Wodehouse Bestiary by P.G. Wodehouse
* Threats and Other Promises by Vernor Vinge
** The Tomato In America by Andrew Smith
** Refactoring by Martin Fowler
*** Photoshop Restoration and Retouching by Katrin Eismann
* Hugger Mugger by Robert B. Parker
reviewed in August 2001
The Art of Doing Nothing by Veronique Vienne with photographs by Erica Lennard
The Art of Imperfection by Veronique Vienne with photographs by Erica Lennard
reviewed in July 2001
**** The way things go (video)by Peter Fischli
reviewed in May 2001
Lying Awake by Mark Salzman
reviewed in April 2001
Shattered, by Dick Francis
Josh Simpson, Glass Artist by Josh Simpson
The Bishop and the Missing El Train
Programmer's Guide to Java 2 Certification by Mughal and Rasmussen
reviewed in March 2001
Life isn't all Ha Ha Hee Heeby Meera Syal
Every Grain of Rice by Ellen Blonder and Annabel Low
reviewed in February 2001
Great moments in Architecture by David Macaulay
**** Danny, Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
* Holes by Louis Sachar
reviewed in January 2001
*** The Slum by Aluisio Azevedo
You're Only Old Once by Dr Seuss
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
Take my Wife, Please! by Henny Youngman
Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh
Two new photo essays: beach picnic, and Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido Paris
reviewed in June 2000
Food and Friends by Serge Dansereau
The Blues Fake Book Hal Leonard Publishing
reviewed in May 2000
Two good books about Monet one for kids
Great violin music on CD performed by Hilary Hahn
Sextants of Bejing by Joanna Waley-Cohen
Echo Platoon by John Weisman and R. Marcinko
The Miniature Epic in Vandal Africa by David Bright
Murder on Fifth Avenue by Michael Jahn
reviewed in April 2000
Guitar and Flute Duets by Peter Draper
The Far Shore of Time by Frederik Pohl
The Soul of Your Pet by Scott S. Smith
reviewed in March 2000
Spam-ku by John Nakamichi Cho
Birth of the Chaordic Age by Dee Hock
Walkin' the Dog by Walter Mosley
Deadlock by Sara Paretsky
reviewed in February 2000
City of Light by Lauren Belfer
Doctor Criminale by Malcolm Bradbury
Lardil: Keepers of the Dreamtime by David McKnight
The Lithium Murder by Camille Minichino
reviewed in January 2000
Godforsaken Sea: Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters by Derek Lundy
Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishingby Philip Greenspun and Alex the Samoyed
Family Honor by Robert Parker
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