In a bit of a book desert at the moment. A combination of things. Travel, workload, future travel, and future workload, distraction, laziness, and perhaps a bit of bad luck, but this doesn’t mean I haven’t found some gems like …
Read: Before You Jump In
Anyone wanting to work in journalism or the art world might want to have a look at a few of these books. Those industries are a total mess. I have experience in the journalism world, and have come close enough …
Read: The Fort Bragg Cartel
It was homecoming weekend, 1989. My friends and I had a wonderful idea. Let’s sneak a few bottles of tequila into the dorm, fire up the blender, then get blindingly, commode-hugging drunk for no reason at all. This was a …
Read: Things Become Other Things
Neil pulled up in a spicy little rental and said, “I brought something for you.” He dug around in the trunk, opened a roller bag, and pulled out this book. “Have you heard of this guy?” Yep, I’d heard. Met …
Read: June Books
Full disclosure. I’ve only read two of these three, but I did leave out a book I just finished. So, we are even. I don’t have a lot of time here, but I wanted to share some recent titles. I’ve …
Read: May Books, 2023
It’s been a slow month for turning the page. So much on my plate, both official and self-inflicted. Still struggling to make sense of my future newsletter. I know what I THINK I want to do, but do I have …
Read: Mid-April Books
It’s been a slow month for reading. I typically don’t read much when I’m traveling for work, but that’s okay. I get back to it when I return home and set that alarm. Some of these books were recommendations, and …
Read: Late February Books, 2025
I first learned of Christopher Isherwood based on his reporting from Germany during the rise of the Nazi party. His name bounced around in my head over the past few years until I found this book in the free library …
Read: Early February Books, 2025
Lauren Groff’s “Matrix“ brings a certain darkness that only comes from the harshness of life in England of the 1100s. Religion, the crown, famine, illness, and a million other ways to suffer. But this book flirts with all sorts of …
Read: Books, January 2025
I don’t know anyone who could do what these people did. WWII, the Japanese took Rangoon, forcing the British into a hasty retreat. China is working with the Allied Forces, and someone needs to find a way to get a …
Read: Early Books, 2025
A bit of a change here people. Instead of individual books on individual posts, I’m lumping the first few books of the year in one post with brief explanations. I’m doing this to save time. Today is Sunday. It is …
Read: Silverview
When I think of England I think of Bletchley Park. I think of tweed, rain, tea, men in leather shoes, women named Lucy with white skin and flushed cheeks. I can’t help it. I’m a romantic. I think of the …