Hi everyone! I’m back. Or attempting to be this year. And setting my standards way lower. Hello, quarter Cannonball, how you doin’? Anywho, I decided this year is going to be the year of seeing what’s up in kid’s books. Not BlackRaven’s level from last year (I read way too many kids books on … [Read more]
Don’t fret these books are a couple of gems
Biographies are interesting. I figure the author most likely likes the subject, or why write about it? However, lately it seems the same few people are being written: Lincoln, Hamilton, Sonia Sotomayor and Amelia Earhart. Now, this is great. I enjoy learning about them as much as the next person. … [Read more]
What the hell. You die. Everybody dies. So you die healthy. So what?
Just look at that cover. It reminds me so much of the late 1980s and early 1990s Stephen King novels, which completely permeated and populated my house growing up. When I was kid, growing up in Roanoke, VA, I watched an episode of The X-Files that was heavily promoted by local tv stations and the … [Read more]
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 … [Read more]