I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Don’t Get Too Comfortablein Hardcover edition on September 20, 2005 and has 240 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo A series of 15 essays on the excess in our culture. My Take It’s well worth reading for Rakoff’s use of words as he has a beautiful way of writing whether he’s dishing or dashing his topic or himself. In general, he dishes himself, which I suspect is part of what attracts his fans. Each essay addresses a variety of issues as Rakoff leapfrogs from negative to positive and back again. History, politics, environment, consumerism, the shallowness and depth of the individual. And Rakoff. And he makes it work. I can’t agree with the book description as I don’t find it “bitingly funny” nor is he “mercilessly skewering”. Then again, maybe I’m simply more vicious…*shrugs shoulders*… In this particular book, his essays are the result of his field trips into trying on different roles or simply investigating. There’s his short stint as a cabana boy in Miami, exploring life after death and […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Lexiconin Hardcover edition on June 18, 2013 and has 390 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo A fantasy thriller about the power of words as a weapon of mass destruction. It’s won one award, the ALA Alex Award (2014), and been nominated for another, the Aurealis Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2013). My Take WOW. This was excellent! Love, betrayal, and greed for power fuel this story, and Barry drives you mad at the start with all the confusion, and it takes most of the book before he reveals what you think is the truth. Hah. This story has more twists and turns than a handful of jacked screws! He pulls you in from the beginning, forcing you to want to know what’s happening: Who is this guy? What has he done? Why are they after him? Part of the confusion is Barry’s flipping back and forth in the timeline, and it works well at keeping you confused and questioning what’s happening. Yeah, it’s like this throughout. You’re constantly questioning. […]