Dreaming Is Free: Its Aftermath Is Not
Book Review: Dreams and Shadows: A Novel by C. Robert Cargill I loved reading this book; I guess we can start with that. Like most books I’ve been reading latel...
Author: Lindsey
Panic: A Retrospective Essay
I remember the first time I had a panic attack. Of course, at the time, I wouldn’t have called it that. I was four years old—maybe even three, who knows—a...
Logic by Any Other Name
Book Review: Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou I heard about this book via friend who thought I might be inte...
Scientology, Comparative Religion, and Fun with Cults
Book Review: Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright There is so much to say about this book that it’s hard to kn...
In the Kiddie Pool
Book Review: The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr I wanted to read The Shallows because, like the majority of people in my ge...
Every day the same, but different
Book Review: Every Day by David Levithan I picked this book up from the library on a whim. I volunteer there twice a week, so I spend a lot of time walking past...
It’s a Trap!
Book Review: The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle Class Mothers & Fathers are Going Broke I picked up this book not because I am a mother (as if I would have tim...
Welcome to Crazy Land
Book Review: Over the Cliff: How Obama’s Election Drove the American Right Insane I know I am not the only person to ask themselves “Why are these people comple...
The Ordinary Review
Book Review: The Ordinary Acrobat by Duncan Wall The Ordinary Acrobat occupies the literary territory between memoir, history, and anthropological report. Wall ...
Obligatory Introduction
I want to write, so I am blogging. I also want to work on making and designing a Web site, so I created one. My name is Lindsey and this is Digital Manticore. I...