Magazines I Read
Reading has always been important to me. But it’s not just books I read. I remember when I was 7 or 8 years old, sitting at the dinner table and my mom telling me to stop reading the mayonnaise jar … Continue reading
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Cartoon – You Would Not Believe The Battery Life On This Thing!
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Meme – I Read So I Don’t Choke People
Book Review – Unconditionally MAD, Part 1 – The First Unauthorized History of MAD Magazine by Mark Arnold
I began reading “Unconditionally MAD, Part 1 – The First Unauthorized History of MAD Magazine” by Mark Arnold shortly after the beginning of this year. It’s 472 pages in length, something I would normally finish in no more than three … Continue reading
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Book Review – On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
“On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century” is a book I have wanted to read since the election in November. The title alone should tell most people why. I finally had the opportunity to get into it about a … Continue reading
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Book Review – Wrestling With The Devil: Lex Luger
I was scanning through books available on Hoopla and this cover caught my eye. Though not a fan of “conversion” stories, I DID want to read about his childhood and what went on behind the curtain of his wrestling life, … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Bill Gaines
Today would have been the 103rd birthday of William Maxwell “Bill” Gaines, publisher of that great literary periodical known as MAD Magazine. Gaines sadly passed away on June 3, 1992 at the age of 70. It just so happens that … Continue reading
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Handling Your TBR Pile
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Book Review – Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins
It was sometime in the mid-1990’s when a co-worker, knowing my love of reading, handed me a paperback edition of one of the “Discworld” books (I don’t even remember which one) by Terry Pratchett and said, “You’re gonna love this!” … Continue reading
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Books I Read in 2024
Here are the covers (courtesy of StoryGraph) of the books that I read in 2024. I had a goal of reading 25 books but ended up with slightly more than twice that amount.
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Book Review – The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
I have always been a sucker for time travel stories. Probably a lot of us are. After all, given the chance to change the past or influence the future for the better appeals to most of us. But Kaliane Bradley … Continue reading
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Book Review – One Way Back by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford
In September of 2018, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford came forward to state that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had physically and sexually assaulted her when she was 15 and he was 17 at a house party in the Summer … Continue reading
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Book Review – The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
I had a two-fold interest in reading this book/series; I had seen the Netflix film series advertised, but I like reading the book version first before watching the film version of ANY story, so I obtained the first book in … Continue reading
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Book Review – The Outsider by Stephen King
Terry Maitland is a happily married man, father of two daughters, teaches English and coaches Little League Baseball in the mid-sized town of Flint City. He’s never had so much as a traffic ticket on his record. He is also … Continue reading
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Book Review – The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz
You’re familiar with the old adage, “Nice guys finish last”, right? Made famous by legendary Dodgers baseball manager Leo Durocher, it posits that if you’re going to get ahead in baseball (or anything in this world) then you better not … Continue reading
Book Review – The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
My tastes in music run to 60’s – 80’s rock and pop for the most part. Ms. Spears’ career began long after that and so I have never been that familiar with her music. I remember when I was working … Continue reading
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Book Review – Prequel by Rachel Maddow
I know who Rachel Maddow is and that she has a show on MSNBC, but that is about the extent of my knowledge of her. I’ve never watched one of her shows or read any of her books; this is … Continue reading
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Book Review – How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
Just finished “How to Hide an Empire” and it is an eye-opening look at the history of the United States of America’s colonialism around the world. Highly recommend!
Book Review – The Widow by Kaira Rouda
This is the first book I’ve read by Ms. Rouda and I’m pretty sure it will be the last. This is ostensibly the story of a crooked (what other kind is there?) congressman and his wife who assumes his congressional … Continue reading
