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Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Ebooks vs Books for the Environment

    Scanning the Internet today I ran across an interesting article by “The Green Lantern” in The Washington Post. In it, GL proposes that, overall, ebooks are better for the environment than a paper book.  Very cool.  🙂 Here is one example: In its lifetime, a book generates about 7.5 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalents.   An…

  • Book Review: “The Associate” by John Grisham

    Book Review: “The Associate” by John Grisham

    Book Review Genre: Thriller Rating:  3.5 Watertowers Kyle McAvoy is looking forward to graduation from Yale Law School. He is the editor of the prestigious “Yale Law Review” and has his pick of lucrative jobs as a law associate.  But his heart is set on helping the poor in Virginia for a few years. His plans…

  • Top Earning Authors

    From the New York Times…. James Patterson made $70 million and Stephanie Meyer made $40 million. FYI…I made $50 last year from my writing, so I am definately catching up.  😉 Click this link for the full article and more authors (it is short).

  • "Cool New Flavor" by Mike Pihlman

    "Cool New Flavor" by Mike Pihlman

    Genre: Horror Joleen worked at the local cafe as a barista. Boss was constantly harassing his employees, especially the women. One day Boss came up with a contest.  He wanted a new flavor coffee that would set his Cafe apart from all the others.  As a prize for the winning flavor, Boss would take the…

  • NPR's Fiction Bestsellers August 12 2010

    I must be missing some good reading (but then again, best selling does not always = really good book)….the above picture is the #1 paperback bestseller as of August 12 (today, at least for a little while longer in CA). Check out the NPR site for the entire paperback list. Then check out the bestselling…

  • Book Review: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Second Read

    Book Review Getting ready for the movie, I just finished “Deathly Hallows” for the second time yesterday. I must say, I caught a lot more of the details the second time thru it (I also purposely slowed down).  Some of the parts that were confusing the first time, made sense now.  Sooooo, if you have…

  • So many books, so little time

    Being such a slow reader, I often lament that there are sooooo many books to read, but, sooooo little life to read them.  The older I get, the more that applies. Well, I was surfing today and found a Gizmodo article that tells me Google has figured out how many books there are.   Leave…

  • August 2010 Thrillers

    There are 38 new Thrillers for your summer (even though school is starting, or, in some cases, has already started…..hmmm, whatever happened to “summers”?) reading pleasure. I’m re-reading “HP and the Deathly Hallows” getting ready for the movie in November.  Interesting how little I remember from the first reading…. The Bishop by Steven James City…

  • NPR List the Top 100 Thrillers

    I thought my reader (yeah, you) would be interested in the NPR listing of the top 100 Thrillers. Several of them are reviewed here, and I mostly agree with the rankings.   🙂 Here are some that I reviewed on this site: #6 #71 #89

  • "Crime Scene Cleanup" by Mike Pihlman

    "Crime Scene Cleanup" by Mike Pihlman

    Genre: Horror Larry works as a crime scene cleaner. One day, Larry is working a particularly disturbing crime scene.  Entrails all over the house. Everywhere Larry went he found, and had to clean up, intestines. Miles of fresh hot intestine….what the heck is going on?  How can this be? Larry realized, suddenly, that the intestines were…