Good book. Read through quickly, not exactly “can’t put it down” but it did keep me engrossed. The main character is trying to be a detective, but he doesn’t understand people — at all — so he bumbles through detecting like he’s bumbled through everything else in his life. He is naive and almost childlike but I’m [...]

I recently read about a pledge to read 50 books in 2011 (see #bookpledge on twitter.) This has been a slow book reading year for me, but here —in no particular order—is what I remember reading so far: Michigan Curiosities by Burcar and Taylor — wonderful research for off-the-beaten-path destinations. Predictably Irrational by Ariely — [...]