A Short Steinbeck Update
I mentioned a few days ago that I wasn’t really getting into Tortilla Flat. Just too flippant…it lacked meat. So I put in for Of Mice and Men, and as… Read more »
Category: Books
A Little More Steinbeck
I’ve read a few of John Steinbeck’s books. You’d think I would’ve read more, considering he’s one of my favorite authors. But maybe that’s because, unlike my wife, I don’t… Read more »
Still Better Than the Book
Have I said this already? I feel like I have. I know I have (right here). But I’ve just got to say it again. You usually hear people say, “the… Read more »
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 »
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 »