I Survived Reading Banned Books
I survived reading banned books, and you probably have too. It just makes you smarter and more empathetic.
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Happy Tolkien Reading Day
Today is Tolkien Reading Day, celebrated on March 25th because it matches the fall of Sauron in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. I wrote more about Tolkien Reading Day in this post back in 2018. Take time today to … Continue reading
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Where I Find Books To Read
I have always been a voracious reader. From the time I was a 5-year old child to today, reading has been a pleasure that I have forever appreciated. As a child my main source of reading material was the school … Continue reading
Book Review – Original Sin by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson
Like most informed voters, I followed the 2024 election and its results. In the six months since that election it seems like everyone is writing a book about it and its consequences or benefits (depending on your perspective) to the … Continue reading
Book Review – Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
If you were on Facebook, are now on Facebook, or are thinking about joining Facebook in the future, then “Careless People” by Sarah Wynn-Williams is a book you should read if you want to see what Zuckerberg and his top … Continue reading
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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
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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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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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Bookcrossing Again
Almost 12 years ago I began practicing Bookcrossing for the second time, but over the past 2 years I found myself doing hardly any, for many reasons but mostly because I was doing a LOT of my reading in digital … Continue reading
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Book Review – The Enemy by Lee Child
So this will sound like sacrilege, I’m sure, to some but I don’t recall ever hearing about the character Jack Reacher until the year 2012 while working a flood in North Dakota when a former co-worker, Jean Riendeau, was complaining … Continue reading
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Book Review – Becoming Superman by J. Michael Straczynski
“Becoming Superman”, by J. Michael Straczynski is the writer’s autobiographical story of his childhood and career, constantly backlit by his desire to emulate the greatest superhero of all time; Superman. Like a lot of children from my generation, which is … Continue reading
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Book Review – The Oracle Year by Charles Soule
A couple of months ago I was reading about a new book coming out titled “The Oracle Year” by Charles Soule (the “e” is silent) and what caught my attention in the review was that the writer was also a … Continue reading
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Do You Read Books?
As an avid and voracious reader this statistic, from the Pew Research Center, that 26% of American adults have not read even a part of a book in the past year just blows my mind. Are you part of the … Continue reading
Book Review: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
This is, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story when it comes to our history in dealing with Native Americans in the 1800’s as we moved across this land making promises that we broke and signing … Continue reading
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Book Riot’s “10 Scariest Books You’ve Read” Survey
A few weeks ago Book Riot ran the results of a survey they took about the “10 Scariest Books You’ve Read” and while the outcome was not all that surprising (Stephen King books grab the majority), I thought I’d throw … Continue reading
The 14 Highest Rated Books Of 2015
Goodreads shared with BuzzFeed their 14 highest rated books of 2015, as voted on by members of Goodreads (I’m one, are you?) thus far this year. Under the Fiction category I’ve already read The Secret Wisdom of the Earth and … Continue reading
Independent Bookstore Day 2015
Today is Independent Bookstore Day 2015! I don’t have much more to say about it that hasn’t already been written here, here, here and (if you’re in the Central Florida area) here, other than to say visit your local independent … Continue reading
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Samuel ‘Mark Twain’ Clemens Died On This Date In 1910
It was on this day 105 years ago that the man who is often quoted as saying “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated” did, in fact, really die. What Samuel ‘Mark Twain’ Clemens actually said to the … Continue reading
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