Prolific Brigham & Women’s Hospital surgeon Atul Gawande has written an interesting book extolling the benefits of utilizing checklists in order the reduce errors, increase quality assurance and systematize everything from medical procedures to daily endeavors of everyday life. Gawande sprinkles his thesis with excellent examples of how basic procedures sometimes result in sickness and […]

Yesterday, after having read THE ROAD twice, I saw the film adaptation. As I have said about the book, I was captured and entranced by the characters, who became a part of my life during the read, to the point of distracting me during working hours, especially when I knew they were in trouble. It […]

According to Forrester Research, one of the major successes in social media in the near future will be the breakout of sReaders for books, magazines, newspapers and other publications. There are a number of reasons why eReader sales ar gorwing faster than expected including lower prices, more content availability and lots of media buzz. In […]

This post apocalyptic thriller and its two main characters so captured me that after reading the book, I listened to the book on tape and would sit in my car until I was nearly late for appointments. The father and son, constantly close to death, facing and surmounting one challenge after the next. I rooted […]

Sanjay Gupta M.D., the super nueorsurgeon and CNN correspondent has penned an interesting book which talks about the line between life and death and how new medical techniques are retrieving those who have died and brought them to life again. New medical advances pose an interesting future in this controversial area. Cold is now used […]

The financial success of the new release of the Twilight sequel NEW MOON is further evidence of popular interest in science fiction in its many forms. The film is based on the romance novel, one of four by author Stephanie Meyer. It is about the life of Isabella Swan, a teenager who moves to Forks […]

Stephen King’s latest work UNDER THE DOME, soon to be a television mini series, is about a Maine Village suddenly sealed off by an invisible force field. The people inside the field are cut off and time is running out, as they have limited resources–a metaphor on our planet, according to the author. The story […]

After reading THE ROAD, I went back to the library to find another book by Cormac McCarthy. I found NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. That’s how I seem to find books. This process is too haphazard, devoid of creativity in my choice of reading but it is what I do and I expect others do […]