vitriolix rated The Martian: 5 stars
The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one …
very interesting and entertaining.
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vitriolix reviewed The disappearing spoon by Sam Kean
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the …
Review of 'The disappearing spoon' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking …
Review of 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A tour de force
vitriolix rated Medium Raw: 3 stars
Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
The long-awaited follow-up to the megabestseller Kitchen ConfidentialIn the ten years since his classic Kitchen Confidential first alerted us to …
vitriolix reviewed Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade …
Review of 'Kitchen Confidential' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
At times this book strained credibility with overly machismo yarn spinning... but, well, Anthony Bourdain. Definitely an awesome look into life on the culinary scene. Lots of laughs, well worth a read.
vitriolix reviewed Warped Passages by Lisa Randall
Review of 'Warped Passages' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Mixed but overall very good. the first half of the book where she lays down the ground work for the current state of physics was some of the best physics popular writing I've read. she actually delves deep enough into what physics is really up to that it's fascinating and challenging to read. the book starts to grind in the last third though subtleties between the various hypotheses was kind of lost on me.
vitriolix rated Black water rising: 3 stars
Black water rising by Attica Locke
Writing in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Greg Iles, Attica Locke, a powerful new voice in American fiction, delivers …
vitriolix rated My horizontal life: 2 stars
My horizontal life by Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Handler
dont know havent read it yet
vitriolix reviewed Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (Kurt Wallander, #1)
It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse …
Review of 'Faceless Killers' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
decent story, very grindy on the procedural. thin characters.
vitriolix reviewed Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
On a summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy's fifth wedding …
Review of 'Gone Girl' on 'Goodreads'
vitriolix rated The God Delusion: 5 stars
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
A preeminent scientist—and the world's most prominent atheist—asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has …
Free will by Sam Harris
Free Will is a 2012 book by the American neuroscientist Sam Harris. It argues that free will is an illusion, …
vitriolix rated A universe from nothing: 5 stars
Lawrence Maxwell Krauss: A universe from nothing (2012, Free Press)
A universe from nothing by Lawrence Maxwell Krauss
"Internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the most basic philosophical questions: Where …
