Book 9 is on the way. It's just a better book, so it's more difficult to discuss. 10) The Postmortal by Drew Magary The cure for aging turned out to be surprisingly simple. The implications of the cure are far more complicated. The premise of a world where people don't age but can still very much die sounds like one that's rife ...

My sixth period students watched Othello, and I managed to finish this book. 8) Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps by Chris Jericho Top five wrestlers, go! My top five always has at least ten guys in it, like any good top five should. Number one is The Rock. A rotating cast takes up numbers two ...

Shortly after returning from a trip to Portland, I completed this on our designated rest day. 7) The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell The Puritans! No, wait! Don't go anywhere yet because Sarah Vowell does a really great job of not only making the 17th century Puritans interesting (despite the fact that they kind of aren't), but ...

Some close friends got me an iBooks gift card for my birthday, so I went on a Raylan Givens spending spree. 6) Pronto by Elmore Leonard The first Raylan Givens story showcases a guy named Harry more than it does the hero of the tale. Harry is a bookkeeper for the mob who's been falsely accused of skimming more than the acceptable ...

5) I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and high times in stand up comedy's golden era by William Knoedelseder Dealing with the standup comedy scene in Los Angeles during the 1970's, I'm Dying Up Here focuses on Mitzi Shore's The Comedy Store and the efforts of the comedians to make it big and attempt to get paid until they did. The book focuses on ...

After reading this book off and on for seven months, I finally finished this on President's Day weekend. I originally planned to take an extended break from the series after finishing this volume due to the enormity of each book, but seeing that the first POV chapter is Jaime Lannister actually has me rethinking that idea. 4) A Clash of ...

My brother and his wife gave me this book for my birthday because I've been a huge Brock Lesnar fan for a long time and almost got them in trouble with their downstairs neighbor once during the Shane Carwin fight by jumping up and down when Brock survived the first round of the fight. There is literally nothing exciting about how I finished this ...

I finished this book after waking up this morning. By the way, book one of 2012 was Shakespeare's Othello, which I read and annotated because I'm teaching it for the first time this year. In order to avoid getting sick of it before my students even start reading the play, I'm holding off on a proper review of it. It is pretty great, though. 2) ...