The subhead for this book is: A Story of Courage, Community and War. This could not be more true when it comes to the story of those first 100 pilgrims who took a three-month boat ride from England to Plymouth. Philbrick uses the courage, community and war as a way to divide this book into […]
Prepare yourselves for some book review overload. One of the pleasures of vacations is disconnecting from the computer and reading a book. In my case, three of them. First up, Isaac’s Storm. This could not have come at a more opportune moment for me to read. About halfway through the reading this book, Washington was […]
This book is all about my sister. She likes to pick on me for reading bizarre books about singular topics like Milk, Salt or obscure historical moments (like a whaling boat that sunk or how the radio was invented. Look, I’m a weird guy. But I love these books and I know I get more […]
About two weeks ago my Summer of Klosterman came to an end. It was a great ride, but it had to end since I ran out of books. And there was no better way to end the journey than starting at the beginning with Chuck’s first book. Fargo Rock City is mainly his autobiography of […]
My summer of Klosterman is coming to an end. I have only one of his books remaining, and Eating the Dinosaur was his most recent so the topics are a little fresher and his opinions and theories more refined. There are 13 essays in total in this book, and as is the case with all […]
Ahh, the summer of Klosterman continues. I recently finished IV, which was another collection of essays. Some were original, but a great deal of the book was a collection of essays that he wrote while working for publications like Spin and Esquire. Many of the topics once again verge all over the place. One section […]
Had to take a quick 5-day hiatus from the summer of klosterman to read Harlan Coben’s new book. My mom brought it with her when she visited two weeks ago and his stuff is such a fast, engaging read that I had to plow through it quickly. Coben is one of those very few fiction […]
My summer of Klosterman continues. Or maybe it’s my spring of Klosterman. Oh, hell, who gives a crap. Either way, I polished off another of his books last week, this time his second book, “Killing Yourself to Live.” The book is pretty much his recounting a road trip he took across the country. Not to […]
One of the benefits of being mauled financially by the IRS is it gives you tons of opportunities to do free things, like read books. And I’m on a tear this last month. My most recent conquest, the planet Earth. Well, at least, Earth as explained by the staff of The Daily Show. If you’re […]
Now this is some writing I can get behind. I found Chuck Klosterman through listening to the BS Report. Simmons had him on several years ago to talk about sports and pop culture and I latched onto him quickly as someone I’d love to have a conversation with about just about everything but someone I […]