It's Monday, and we kept stop thinking about Sunday...The day of rest, and lots of book reviews.

Maslin does her Physics homework and likes it. 

Speaking of physics, did you know that DNA Man Francis Crick hated physics, according to a new bio? Me too!

Says Madison Smart Bell of Jennifer Egan (The Keep): "Egan sustains an awareness that the text is being manipulated by its author, while at the same time delivering character and story with perfect and passionate conviction. Very few writers, of our time or any other, have been able to bring that combination off." I didn't think anybody could pull that off.

Two books delineate why the U.S. just doesn't understand Iraq.

T.C. Boyle, still hocking loogies?