Originally I would refer to these rules via the Atlantic article where I found them. However, I use them so often and the internet is always in flux. It occurred to me that it would be good to keep them
John Updike’s 6 Rules for Reviewing
Cadaver Week: Remains
Man, there are a lot of fancy options for us when we die. The ever-rising costs of funerals and burials is known to most adults, but few of us investigate this matter in any real depth until we’re actually looking
Cadaver Week: Skulls and Brains
Any student of English literature has read (or at least heard about) the exchange of the gravediggers in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. I often wondered if those gentlemen weren’t also body-snatchers. Hamlet is such a macabre play – there’s that whole deal
Cadaver Week: Body Farm(s)
Mary Roach’s Stiff includes a particularly captivating chapter on the University of Tennessee’s Body Farm. As I read, I recalled a Patricia Cornwell novel (or five) that also mentioned UT’s Body Farm. I’m fascinated by the notion of a field
Psychopath Week: Is My Boss a Psychopath?!
Jim Fallon brought up some disturbing points about his own inability to recognize psychopathy in himself (in The Psychopath Inside; you should read it). Ronson admits to having the same questions about himself in The Psychopath Test. Even I wondered
Psychopath Week: the Hare PCL-R
Enter to win a book about a journalist learning about psychopaths, how to identify them, and the often nebulous task of diagnosing them. (Click on the image to the left to enter.) So this guy, Bob Hare, is mentioned in
New Giveaway and Updates
I’m giving away an ARC (advanced reader copy) of The Rosie Project – a delightful story about quirky love (the best kind). My review for the book, as well as giveaway details can be found here: http://raereads.com/rosie-project/ — I finished
Books vs. Reading
This post is written in response to a web broadcast I listened to the other day. You can listen by clicking here. I was going to post it on Facebook but it got WAYYYY too long. Hence, here. I do not