Conrad’s Fate

Book Review -- Conrad’s Fate, by Diana Wynne Jones Conrad was born with bad luck hanging over him, and when his uncle tells him his Fate will catch up with him soon and he will be dead, Conrad decides to go up to the castle, Stallery Mansion, and try to change his destiny. Hired on…

Experiments in Life

I just started reading The Guinea Pig Diaries, by journalist A.J. Jacobs. He thinks up an experiment (as in experiments of living life), carries it out, and then writes about the results. He outsources his life to a team in India, with hilarious results. (His wife must really love him.) He disguises himself as a…