Posted in Books on Mar 27th, 2006 No Comments »
Malcolm Gladwell
I enjoyed this book, but not as much as I liked The Tipping Point. In this book, Gladwell focuses on how we make decisions and a concept called “thin slicing”. Gladwell claims that many decisions can be made better in the blink of an eye rather than using a long, drawn-out method of deliberation. […]
Posted in Books on Mar 26th, 2006 No Comments »
Malcolm Gladwell
Lately, I’ve been into sociology and economics (I think it started with reading Freakonomics), and a friend recommended this book to me. This book focuses on social epidemics and how “fads” become popular, such as how Hush Puppies became a popular shoe [again], and how teen smoking has continued to grow despite aggressive anti-smoking […]
Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Mar 17th, 2006 No Comments »
Elizabeth Kostova
This book follows in the footsteps of the historical fiction thriller genre started a few years ago by Dan Brown when he captivated readers with The Da Vinci Code. The novel begins with the main character, an American teenager living in Amsterdam, describing her life with her widowed father. He is some sort of […]
Posted in Movies on Mar 11th, 2006 No Comments »
This movie was about the problems faced by a highschool senior who tries to break his thumbsucking habit. His father comes down hard on him everytime he catches Justin with his thumb in his mouth. Justin’s dentist tries to hypnotize him out of sucking his thumb, and the school psychologist believes that Justin has ADHD […]
Posted in Movies on Mar 5th, 2006 No Comments »
This was probably the worst book-to-movie adaptation I’ve ever seen. Pat Conroy’s book was excellent with many subplots and great characters. The movie only focused on the main plot while leaving out the interesting subplots. In addition, the movie had a completely different ending than the book, which brought the movie down. The 80’s music […]