I picked up this book to be a small break from my all the Steinbeck I’ve been reading lately. I like to alternate a little between fiction and non-fiction. Within the non-fiction, I like to mix it up between professional reading and just interesting. Usually, there is some overlap and I think that applies here. Also, one of the authors, P.W. Singer is coming to speak at my school next week and I wanted to read it before he arrived. I read an earlier book […]
A Road Trip with a Dog
I read this due to my Steinbeck kick. I was a little worried about reading it immediately after The Grapes of Wrath but it was the perfect antidote to my melancholy mood. This is a travel journey by one of America’s preeminent authors who decided that that he no longer felt in touch with America and her people and wanted to find her again. Discontented seems to best describe the way he felt with his life when he set off on his journey in 1960 […]
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Buckle up, this one is pretty long. I finished this book a few days ago and the impression it made on me was so visceral, I had to wait to write about it. When I consider what it takes to be a classic, regardless of the medium, my first thought is timelessness. Will this item stand the test of time and all that entails? I believe that the term classic is bandied about too often and too frivolously. We call anything that we like […]
CANNONBALL!!!
So, I follow Shea on twitter and really appreciate his brand of humor. He is a writer for the sports and pop-culture blog The Ringer. Shea is 100% enthusiastic at all times and gets just as excited for other as he does for himself. This book is a collection of essays and artwork about the NBA from 1980 to now. It is full of ridiculous essays like a draft of the greatest fictional basketball players and the comprehensive list of the most disrespectful dunks in […]