Black Sand
Overly complicated, but the story moves along.
Archive for April, 2009
The Big Necessity
The first 100 pages are interesting, but then it bogs down
The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss
There can’t be many authors who grew up next to their eventual subject. No one comes out looking good in this book.
Blood Stone
Second in the Lomax series. Not bad.
When I was a Young Man
Last 1/3 of this book is the best.
Death on the Rocks
Not bad for a first effort.
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigia Edition
The first third of this collection was enjoyable, but it gradually bogged down and I had to give up. Like most short story collections, the one’s you wish were longer are too short and the one’s you wish were shorter are too long.
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigia Edition
The Broken Seal
First half is interesting, but bogs down after that.
The Broken Seal: The Story of Operation Magic and the Pearl Harbor Disaster.
Check for null date value
I have a class with a property of type date. Since this is a value type, it can’t be set to null.
If the date value is not set, it is initialized with the smallest date possible: #12:00:00 AM#, which will always return false if you use isNothing.
Instead, compare the date to DateTime.MinValue
If clsDate.dateEquals = DateTime.MinValue Then
Dark Harbor
Lawyer as sleuth can get a bit tedious, but this one is ok.
Confessions of a Subprime Lender: An Insider’s Tale of Greed, Fraud, and Ignorance
I was prepared for a mea culpa, but found a lot of interesting material. It’s not over yet.
Confessions of a Subprime Lender: An Insider’s Tale of Greed, Fraud, and Ignorance
A Wolf At The Table
Author has a good franchise going. Seems to spill over into fiction at times.
