Author:Penelope Lively Title: Consequences Publication Info: ISBN: 9780670038565 Summary/Review: This novel begins when a woman from a wealthy family and a poor artist meet, fall in love, and marry with parental disapproval in 1930s London. What follows is a narrative of three generations of women in the family today. It’s a lyrical text that seems [...]
Archive for September, 2011
29 Sep
Book Review: At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
Author: Bill Bryson Title: At Home: A Short History of Private Life Publication Info: Books On Tape (2010), Audio CD ISBN: 9780307707376 Books Read by the Same Author: A Short History of Nearly Everything A Walk in the Woods Notes from a Small Island In a Sunburned Country I’m A Stranger Here Myself: Notes on [...]
28 Sep
Book Review: Boston Riots by Jack Tager
Author: Jack Tager Title: Boston Riots Publication Info: Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2001. ISBN: 1555534600 Summary/Review: It’s hard to believe that a book on rioting can be dull, but Tager pulls it off. First, he relies strictly on the high school essay formula of stating objectives, writing about them, and then summarizing. Like every [...]
28 Sep
Book Review: Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne
Author: David Byrne Title: Bicycle Diaries Publication Info: New York : Viking, c2009. ISBN: 9780670021147 Summary/Review: David Byrne has a folding bike and takes it with him on his travels around the world. This book collects his ruminations from cycling through many great cities. Sometimes they are observations on what he sees from the saddle, [...]
28 Sep
Book Review: The Boneshaker by Kate Milford
Author: Kate Milford Title: The Boneshaker Publication Info: Boston : Clarion Books, 2010. ISBN: 9780547241876 Summary/Review: Don’t let the Young Adult label fool you, this is a terrific eerie thriller involving bicycles, carnivals, patent medicines, automatons and the Devil. Set in a mysterious Southern town near the crossroads, the narrative follows young Natalie Minks as [...]
26 Sep
Hub on Wheels 2011
My son Peter & I participated in Boston’s citywide bike ride Hub on Wheels yesterday, our second consecutive year of participation. Participants could ride a 10-mile route on Storrow Drive or extend it to 30 and 50-mile routes around the city. We did an abridged version of the 30-mile route ending at the Arnold Arboretum [...]
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