Phil's Picks

Book and Movie Reviews

Dear Fans: I am addicted to books. I started reading several each week when I was in elementary school and I never stopped. I also like movies. Whenever I read a book or see a movie that I really like I'll share my find with you. Let me know if you agree or disagree.

- Phil

Book Reviews

• I am Pilgrim - Terry Hayes (Pocket Books, 2015)
• Angel Killer - Andrew Mayne (Bourbon Street Books, 2014)
• All four volumes for Robert Caro’s Biography of Lyndon Johnson:
  • The Path to Power (Random House, 1982)
  • Means of Ascent (Random House, 1990)
  • Master of the Senate (Random House, 2002)
  • The Passage of Power (Random House, 2013)
• Beautiful Ruins (HarperCollins, 2012)
• The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson (Random House, 2012)
• Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel (Henry Holt & Co., 2009) (04/22/2010)
• Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts (10/15/2008)
• Richistan - Robert Frank (02/19/2008)
• The Know-it-All - A. J. Jacobs (11/14/2006)
• How I Paid for College, a novel of sex, theft, friendship and musical theater - Marc Acito (12/07/2005)
• Q & A - Vikas Swarup (12/07/2005)
• The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (06/19/2005)
• The Company - Robert Littell (06/19/2005)
• A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier - Diana and Michael Preston (02/13/2005)
• Line of Vision - David Ellis (02/13/2005)
• Bangkok 8 - John Burdett (10/18/2004)
• The Dante Club - Matthew Pearl (07/19/2004)
• The Last Detective - Robert Crais (07/19/2004)
• Heart Seizure - Bill Fitzhugh (05/11/2004)
• The Known World - Edward P. Jones (03/06/2004)
• This Boy's Life - Tobias Wolff (02/12/2004)
• The Richard Sharpe Series - Bernard Cornwell (02/12/2004)
• Stone City - Mitchell Smith (01/29/2004)
• A King's Ransom - James Grippando (12/30/2003)

Movie Reviews

• 500 Days of Summer (08/27/2009)
• The Lives of Others (06/11/2007)
• 11:14 (06/15/2006)
• The Story of the Weeping Camel (12/07/2005)
• Capote (12/07/2005)
• Old Boy (06/19/2005)
• Collateral (10/18/2004)
• Spartan (05/11/2004)
• Bad Santa (01/26/2004)
• Lost in Translation (01/26/2004)