The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak, 2005, Alfred A. Knopf, New York Very interesting book about a German family in WWII. The narrator of the book is Death and he has a sense of humor and a personality. This approach reminds me a … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Books
Teacher Man
by Frank McCourt, 2005, Performed by the Author, 2005, Simon and Schuster Audio This book focuses on the author’s many years of teaching in New York schools. Â There are many interesting stories with flashbacks to his childhood growing up in … Continue reading →
Hot Mahogany
A Stone Barrington Novel, by Stuart Woods, 2008, Read by Tony Roberts, 2008, Penguin Audio I listened to this in the car on the way to Florida this October. Â I don’t have much to recommend it other than it passed … Continue reading →
The Hour I First Believed
 by Wally Lamb, 2008, HarperCollins Books, New York This is a book about a married couple who were employed as a teacher and a school nurse at Columbine High School when the massacre occurred. It focuses on the trauma it … Continue reading →
Wild Blue, The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24’s over Germany
by Stephen E. Ambrose, 2001, Simon & Shuster, New York This book was an okay read and some of it was interesting, particularly the information about George McGovern’s service as a B-24 bomber pilot. There was, however, nothing great about … Continue reading →
The Cat who Went to Paris
by Peter Gethers, 1991, Fawcett Columbine, New York Ye, Gads! Another cat story! This cat is the most amazing animal that ever lived. It’s owner can let it run loose on the rooftops of Paris with nary a concern that … Continue reading →
The First Salute
by Barbara W. Tuchman, 1988, Alfred A. Knopf, New York The theme of this book was the incident that occurred on St. Eustastia island in 1776 when the Dutch government of island acknowledged a ship flying the flag of the … Continue reading →
American Lion, Andrew Jackson in the White House
by Jon Meacham, 2008 I was extremely disappointed by this book. Mr. Meacham has managaed to take a fairly interesting character and times of our nation and make it exceedingly dull. He does this through too much repetition (as in … Continue reading →
Body and Soul
by Frank Conroy, 1993 This is a wonderful book to experience. It is about a person who grew up in very poor circumstances but had a talent for music and the piano. Conroy pours an incredible amount of detail regarding … Continue reading →
The Reavers
by George MacDonald Fraser, 2007 This is a rollicking story of 16th century thugs, damsels, royalty, heros involved in political intrigue in the vicinity of the Scottish border. Fraser brings the style that made his Flashman series so popular to … Continue reading →