The Absinthe Minded Reader

Beat The Reaper by Josh Bazell Now this is an awesome book! It's cool, clever, and absurd. A great first novel, bravo Mr. Bazell. Not...

The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Another book I discovered while browsing a local book retail giant, The Shadow Of The Wind  b...

The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan The entire time I was reading Day By Day Armageddon my slightly oversized and sharper th...

Day By Day Armageddon By J.L. Bourne There are two types of people in the world. Vampire people and zombie people.  The Gothic, sexual, d...

This Is Your Brain On Music by Daniel J. Levitin ...and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?"  That question was first...

Even C owgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins The first thing you notice in Robbins' work is how freakin' smart the guy is. Pure kn...

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Ahhh, another satisfying and provoking read from my old friend Kurt Vonnegut.  This was actually Vonnegut...