Category Archives: Book Reviews

What a fun read!

I just finished Jack Butler’s Jujitsu for Christ.

It was FANTASTIC! Just a well crafted southern tale dealing with some serious issues. The whole book takes place over a few years in 1950’s-1960’s Mississippi. Great characters and great writing. The dialect and depictions of southern concerns will have your side splitting at times.

Highly recommended for folks looking for an easy entertaining read.

Area author in B’ham News

Veronica Pike Kennedy wrote a review in Sunday’s Paper of Dennis Love’s My City Was Gone, published by William Morrow, a Harper Collins imprint. The book is about Anniston’s plight with toxic PCB’s and Monsanto over the years.

(Please note: The author used to be a reporter at the News. So don’t be surprised if Love gets some love from the paper.)

A bit premature?

I’m finishing up Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail. It’s an interesting look at, what Anderson thinks as “current trends” in online retail.

I was just be-bopping along when I read Lee Gomes insightful WSJ article. Maybe Anderson is looking a bit too far into the future? And making a few too many assumptions?

I’ll post thoughts when I get done.