Sucker for a Good “Book”
First off, anyone and everyone who would even read this have heard this story already. But still, I’ve got to record it for posterity…or as long as I pay for… Read more »
Category: Books
The Forgotten Soldier
It’s been a while since my last book recommendation, but here’s one I think is one of the best. The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer (a pseudonym of Guy Mouminoux)… Read more »
Really not like the movie…
Well, I think it’s safe. I’m back to reading The Lord of the Rings and I’m really enjoying it. Mainly because I’m far enough removed from the movies that they… Read more »
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
I’ve never minded excessive language in books as long as it gets somewhere. I’m quite often long-winded myself. By example, I will always bring up that I don’t mind the… Read more »
It’s been a long time…
In more ways than one, it’s been a while since I’ve put in the work to finish a good book. That dry spell ended today when I finished the 601-page… Read more »
Finding Simplicity
I’ve been ruminating on the stark, sterilized lives we live these days. Lives where everything needs to meet expectations, and those expectations always basking in the gleam of something new,… Read more »
Why Roosevelt?
When we were all much younger, most of the Fraleigh clan would spend a little time in the American west. The annual vacations were always fun and interesting, and I… Read more »
Tim O’Brien: The Things They Carried
I’ve loved history as long as I can remember. So much so that I got a degree in it many years ago. I’m most fascinated though by 20th Century history… Read more »
I read a book…
Amazing. After a great year of Pulitzers, I’ve really laid off the reading. I got a couple of history books in, and thought that would be the theme of the… Read more »
More History…
Much like I discovered by accident that I was reading Pulitzers (by my third straight) last year, I’ve stumbled upon much the same this year. I’ve already mentioned getting through… Read more »