Category Archives: books

The Asymmetric Society

Posted on December 12, 2005 by mim

I just finished The Asymmetric Society by James Coleman. It’s a very interesting collection of five sociology lectures he gave in the late 1970s about the personhood of the corporation and its effects on real people. The gist was that … Continue reading →

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Posted on December 8, 2005 by mim

A few weeks ago I finished Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, I really liked it. As the back of the book notes, it had shades of Pynchon. I’ve only read V, but I notice some parallels. There were many … Continue reading →

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Food Books

Posted on November 7, 2005 by mim

This talk of food makes me wonder, as I have for the past few years, how is it that we end up eating the foods we do? Not how do they get on our tables, but why do we eat … Continue reading →

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Romance Novels

Posted on October 19, 2005 by mim

Reading through the NYTimes book review, I noticed an add from the “Romance Writers of America” with some interesting statistics: romance fiction totaled $1.2 billion in sales for 2004 54.9% of all paperback sales in 2004 was romance — more … Continue reading →

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Books I’ve read recently

Posted on October 19, 2005 by mim

To start off this books category, since you’re so concerned, I’ll tell you that the last few books I’ve read have been Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (most recently), John Krakour’s Into Thin Air, Kurt Vonnegut’s … Continue reading →

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