Teak Bookends

I will read anything that is well written enough to waste precious life time on. I tend to prefer Science-Fiction/Fantasy, History (Asia, all of it), philosophy (by anyone intelligent enough to be considered a thinker), and anything that might help me further cultivate my mind and provide me with a good laugh.

Today

February

21

January 2014

25

reviewed: Dated, Still Relevant

The last great finical debacle, the one in 2007, is still affecting people the world over, but the affect is still heavy in A...

Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered - E.F. Schumacher

January 2014

20

reviewed: Devil Dogs in Space

I read a little awhile go a blog by an author of science-fiction that called for a return to hard science-fiction. They wante...

Semper Mars - Ian Douglas

January 2014

12

reviewed: Sagely Perspectives

During my time at KU I took a class on Confucius (from here on, Kongzi). While it’s focus was the great sage’s teachings, it ...

Lives of Confucius: Civilization's Greatest Sage Through the Ages - Michael Nylan, Thomas Wilson

December 2013

09

reviewed: Funny is Hard on Paper

A co-worker of mine was taking out things in his locker, preparing to go home for the day. He placed many of his things on th...

Bossypants - Tina Fey

reviewed: Action Fantasy ( A review for all four books)

In today’s world of speculative fiction there are several different genres of fantasy. Though I can remember the days when th...

The Briar King - Greg Keyes

December 2013

02

text: When I Was Young I Had a Tiger

Back in the 80’s, when I was a kid, I loved the Sunday comics. They were funnier then. I liked Garfield, he was funnier then ...

November 2013

20

read and rated

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide - Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

reviewed: A Species Divided Will Not Stand

“Decades from now, people will look back and wonder how societies could have acquiesced in a sex slave trade in the twenty-fi...

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide - Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

November 2013

18

reviewed: Ishmael He is Not

When I read Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael I was given a clear view of the importance of human beings reconnecting with the idea that...

The Story of B: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit - Daniel Quinn

October 2013

22

text: Diversity in Speculative Fiction: Is Required without Social Politics

Ever since my mother read The Hobbit to me as a bedtime story I thought about writing my own fantasy novel. As the years went...

October 2013

15

text: I Never Played D&D

I have been a huge fan of The Big Bang Theory for awhile now and recently was working my way through the sixth season in prep...

October 2013

08

reviewed: Fantasy Noir

I like dark fantasy and I can not lie. You other readers out there might deny the lure of a good dark fantasy but for many th...

September 2013

30

reviewed: When Standing Alone Matters

I have lived my life always being an outsider. I don’t mean that I am hated, or unaccepted by people, but never quite fitting...

September 2013

18

liked:

New Partner: BookLikes Welcomes Kobo!

We’re happy to announce that Kobo books are available on BookLikes. Kobo is the book source of over 3.5 million titles. It...

reviewed: There is a Reason

Ever since I was young I was curious about what made people do what they did. I wanted to know why people thought the way the...

next »

271 BOOKS

Favorite books

Thailand: A Short History - Mr. David K. Wyatt

Recently added

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide - Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny

Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse, Hilda Rosner