Review of the Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks written by Rebecca Skloot Rating *** This book has made a number of best of lists. I learned about it after a mention from Stephen King in one of his best of lists. While the book had merit, there were some problems I had with the story itself that … [Read more...] about Review of The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
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Tommy Chong and the injustice system
Review of a/k/a Tommy Chong written and directed by Josh Gilbert Rating **** I finally had a chance to the see the documentary a/k/a Tommy Chong. I say finally because it has been in my Blockbuster queue for over six months. When it comes to documentaries, Blockbuster fails miserably. After … [Read more...] about Tommy Chong and the injustice system
Unbroken Campaign Update
Only two weeks left on the Unbroken campaign. The results thus far have been promising. I sold more books last month than I did for any other month for all of last year. The final total isn't in, but it was close to 100 books. Once again eBooks out sold print. How much of this was attributed to the … [Read more...] about Unbroken Campaign Update
Review of You Don’t Know Jack
Review of You Don't Know Jack written by Adam Mazer and directed by Barry Levinson rating **** This is the story of Jack Kevorkian and his efforts to promote physician assisted suicides. Al Pacino plays Kevorkian. John Goodman plays the medical equipment supplier who assists Kevorkian once his … [Read more...] about Review of You Don’t Know Jack
Best of Everything Nonfiction for 2010
I haven't seen as many films or read as many books as in past years, but here is my best of for 2010. These are books and films that I saw this past year and may or may not have been released in 2010. Nonfiction books Googled Murder in Baker Company The Glass … [Read more...] about Best of Everything Nonfiction for 2010
The Time Machine Called The Pacific
Review of the HBO miniseries The Pacific Rating ***** I don't watch very many miniseries. They take too long. But this is one miniseries that I watched every minute of. Watching this miniseries was as close as you can get to stepping into a time machine and going back to 1941 -1945. This is … [Read more...] about The Time Machine Called The Pacific