2009 CSA, Week 1

2009 CSA, Week 1

Last year, I tried posting about the different foods we got weekly at our CSA.  It was hard… I wasn’t able to find time …

 

Light on Snow

Light on Snow

Anita Shreve This quick, easy read was enjoyable and engaging, just like The Pilot’s Wife.  Shreve starts this novel with Robert Dillon and his daughter, Nicky, …

 

Fraud

Fraud

David Rakoff I didn’t find Fraud as funny as Don’t Get Too Comfortable.  Maybe part of the problem was that I missed some of Rakoff’s obscure …

 

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

I like Jason Segel in “How I Met Your Mother”, so I was looking forward to his movie.  It was funny, but with just a …

 

Outliers

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book is about success and why some people find it more easily than others.  Gladwell makes the point that it’s rarely …

 

Twilight

Twilight

Twilight is based on the first book in a series I read last year.  I thought the books were great and was looking forward to …

 

Religulous

Religulous

Bill Maher’s interesting documentary examines faith and politics, presenting a large amount of statistics and arguments against organized religion.  While I don’t know the accuracy …

 

Rachel Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married

Anne Hathaway plays an interesting role as a recovering addict leaving a rehab home and returning to her family’s home, where her sister, Rachel, is …

 

American Wife

American Wife

Curtis Sittenfeld While this book is a work of fiction, and “loosely inspired” by the life of Laura Bush, I found myself asking the question, “Did …

 

La Maison en Petits Cubes

La Maison en Petits Cubes

This 11-minute movie won the Academy Award for best animated short film.  For only 11 minutes, it was a really moving film.  An old man …