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Book Review-What’s Next by Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack
After watching all seven seasons of “The West Wing” over the past 3 months, it was hard to just quit cold turkey. So I decided to read “What’s Next” by Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack, both former cast members of … Continue reading
2025 Pulitzer Prize Book Winners
On Monday, May 5, 2025, the Pulitzer Prize winners for this year were announced. Since this is a book and writing blog, I want to concentrate on the list of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize Book Winners in their six categories. … Continue reading
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Book Review – Fight by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes
“Fight – Inside the Widest Battle for the White House” by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes details the public and behind-the-scenes history of the 2024 Presidential election. Beginning with President Joe Biden’s lackluster debate performance against Donald Trump, moving to … Continue reading
Cartoon – You Would Not Believe The Battery Life On This Thing!
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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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Handling Your TBR Pile
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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 – 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
Book Review – Marie Severin, The Mirthful Mistress of Comics
This book was an X-mas gift from my wife. Marie Severin was one of only two known female comic book artists when I was growing up (the other being Ramona Fradon, who was best known as the artist for Aquaman) … Continue reading
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Book Review – Writing Without Rules by Jeff Somers
This is a book my daughter gifted me with for Christmas. If you’re a writer who has grown tired of being told all the “rules” you must follow to be successful, this book is for you. Somers is a successful … Continue reading
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