http://www.rescuingpattyhearst.com That we read. We write about books Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:32:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1.  Siddarth Kara has written an important new book on trafficking in sex: 2.  Columbia University Press's move into internet, viral videos to sell books is a good idea with decent execution, so far. http://www.rescuingpattyhearst.com/books/new-book-sex-trafficking-by-siddarth-kara/ Do You Go With Them? I've been discussing on my message board a bit about Karen Moning and where she might be going writing-wise when the Fever series is done. The recent news that has kind of put me in a tailspin of upside-down smile is there will be no more ... http://www.rescuingpattyhearst.com/books/poll-when-authors-move-on/ So when I first saw Stardust coming out in theatres for some reason I just wasnt that excited but my boyfriend was because it was based off a Neil Gaiman Novel and was a bog fan. We never ended up seeing it on the big screen but I ended up picking it up ... http://www.rescuingpattyhearst.com/books/movie-stardust/ Hujung minggu ini saya akan menghabiskan masa menyusuri celah-celah perjuangan lelaki di atas. Saya mahu lihat, apa yang ada pada lelaki ini hingga menjadikan Anwar Ibrahim seorang pengkagum setia! http://www.rescuingpattyhearst.com/books/a-note-for-weekend/ Once they lit the den fire (Barbara had already cooked with the stove fire, which doubled as a heating unit for the second floor of the house), they sat beside it and ate. They did so without speaking, tearing apart the morsels in front of them with merciless abandon. It ... http://www.rescuingpattyhearst.com/books/a-meal-of-it/ In Middle East Illusions, Noam Chomsky unites previous and new material to construct a review of contemporary global politics that simultaneously impels the reader to heed the lessons to be learned from the past and to assess the present from a perspective free of political rhetoric and media representation. With harsh ... http://www.rescuingpattyhearst.com/books/middle-east-illusions/ I've just finished Stephen Kinzer's new book A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It. I recommend it to anyone who wants an introduction to the country's recent past and the dilemmas it faces today. I was skeptical at first; there are many good books on Rwanda ... http://www.rescuingpattyhearst.com/books/a-thousand-hills/ Back in NY, I was a hypocrite. For a while, before seeing the light and switching to Netflix for fleeting entertainment, I overpaid for a plethora of cable channels that provided me with a means to stay plugged-in to all the news (and I use that term loosely), current series' and ... http://www.rescuingpattyhearst.com/books/media-enema/ Edenborn by Nick Sagan ISBN# 0451462130   Ratings on scale of 1-10, 1 being the bottom of the barrel, 10the cream of the crop. (Also a WTF? rating Nuff said) Plot;  5 Hook; 5 Characters; 5 Climax;  7 Soul;  4 Illustrations;  8 Reader Level;  PG-13 After reading Idlewild, I had such high hopes for the follow-up book.  I've seen the publisher mention ... http://www.rescuingpattyhearst.com/books/edenborn-by-nick-sagan-review/ Today's Chapter: Garnett/Edmondson: 1.18 Maude: 1.21 Well, those of us who were happily tripping along reading about Natasha's dolls and Count Rostov's dancing may not have been quite prepared for the shift we get in this chapter. With a brilliant segue, which works only on paper - the sixth dance at the Rostov's coinciding ... http://www.rescuingpattyhearst.com/books/one-year-war-and-peace-118-vassilys-dark-side/