If you’re a manager and are looking for a formula to apply to your team so as to improve their performance, a word to the wise: this is not the book for you. If you’re a manager and are looking for a great, easy, and fast way to increase your team’s performance and thus hopefully… Read More Book Review: The Supervision Solution: Manage Performance, Not People by John Roulet
In my review of The Recipe Club posted here on Blogcritics a couple of days ago, I mentioned how, tired of the fluff and air-headedness of some books aimed at women out there, I have been looking for chick lit with substance. Well, my hunt has led me to Dial H for Hitchcock by Susan… Read More Book Review: Dial H for Hitchcock by Susan Kandel
After three albums in English, Grammy Award Winning Canadian-Portuguese Superstar Nelly Furtado has achieved one of her dreams by producing an album entirely in Spanish. Not that she hadn’t sung in Spanish before; of note are past collaborations with artists such as Juanes, Wisin & Yandel and Calle 13. I personally loved her Spanish song… Read More Music Review: Nelly Furtado – Mi Plan
I have always had a hard time picking up auto-biographies. I had some bad experiences in the past – OK, I had over 20 bad experiences with auto-biographies in the past which have left a sour taste in my mouth having nothing to do with my addiction to lemons. There is also the part of… Read More Book Review: 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving can Change your Life by Cami Walker
Yet another great season from a great show, the fifth year of The Office continues to make us laugh with the day-to-day adventures of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton team. By season five, The Office has the feel of a bunch of old friends you’re really happy to see rather than an amazing party you can’t… Read More DVD Review: The Office – Season Five
A couple of months ago, I posted a review Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite III. It seems like there has been a little confusion on my part, and here is my attempt to clarify it. First of all, what I reviewed wasn’t The Remix Suite III, but rather the entire Remix Suite. The label decided… Read More Music Review: Various Artists – Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite III
When you love a show, you definitely want to get your hands on its soundtrack. I have quite a few in my personal collection, not only because I liked the show or the movie in question, but also because soundtracks have the unique quality of bringing together music from different genres and artists that convey… Read More Music Review: Various Artists – 90210 Soundtrack
Yes, you read the title right. Someone named ‘Stoker’ wrote a book titled Dracula. No, it’s not the same Stoker as Bram, but close: it’s his great grand-nephew. And yes, it is the same Dracula, but 25 years later. Like an old pair of pants you slip back on, the book seems oddly familiar and… Read More Book Review: Dracula the Un-Dead, by Dacre Stoker & Ian Holt
It is becoming harder and harder for me to review episodes of Fringe, knowing that the end is nigh. I realise that the writers are doing a good job with the time limit they have. But I worry that I will be so disappointed by the finale, scheduled to air on 18 January, that it… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 5, Episode 8: The Human Kind
Only in Fringe would two beacons, a silent bald kid, a toxin that hideously melts flesh, and another one that horrifically closes all orifices all have in common the future of humanity. In this, the seventh episode of the fifth and final season of the award-winning show, we continue following Walter, Olivia, Peter and Astrid… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 5, Episode 7: Five-Twenty-Ten