My 2012 Book Reading List
by The Goal One of my recurring annual goals is to finish reading at least 26 books for the year. In 2012, I managed to finish …
Category: Book Reviews
These are my thoughts on some books I have read.
An Odyssey Exploring The Odyssey
How meta: an odyssey exploring Homer’s The Odyssey. Scott Huler has a baby on the way and one last adventure in his soul. Picking up …
Make Magic! Do Good!
Dallas Clayton launched his writing/illustrating career with An Awesome Book! Now he is back with a bigger and more awesome book: Make Magic! Do Good! His …
Show Time – A Tale of Reality Horror
Show Time takes place at some point in the near future, with the participants willingly subjecting themselves to a media portrayal of their jeopardy. The network …
Eden on the Charles
If you’ve ever lived in Boston, Michael Rawson’s Eden on the Charles is a great book to help understand how Boston developed in the 19th …
The Power of Habit and How to Hack It
We are creatures of habit. We may like to think that our daily actions result from deliberation and willpower. But mostly they are the …
The Big Roads
I admit that I have a fascination with infrastructure. It seems so natural that I could jump in my car in Boston and be in …
Cartel Tells Scary Stories About the Mexican Drug Cartels
Sylvia Longmire worked as a senior intelligence analyst for the California state fusion center and the California Emergency Management Agency’s Situational Awareness Unit, focusing almost …
Sex on the Moon
Ben Mezrich is back. His latest is “the amazing story behind the most audacious heist in history.” A NASA coop student stole a safe full …
Where Men Win Glory
I sat down to watch The Tillman Story after Netflix gave it high marks as a recommendation. It was a blistering story about the cover-up …
It’s All About the Bike
It’s July, so that means there will be lots of cycling at the Cornelius estate. These days there is much less time spent on the …
Book Review: One Was a Soldier
At the Millers Kill Community Center, five veterans gather to work on adjusting to life after returning home from the overseas deployment. Reverend Clare Fergusson …
Must be Expert Riders – Tales of the Pony Express
Legend tells us that this help wanted ad appeared in a California newspaper in 1860: Wanted. Young, skinny, wiry fellows. Not over 18. Must be …
Falling Sideways – Autumn in Copenhagen
Thomas E. Kennedy paints a satirical picture of the people affected by a downsizing at a Copenhagen company. Martin Kampman is the hard-edged CEO of …
My 2010 in Books
One of my goals for 2010 was to read a book a week. For the calendar-challenged, that meant 52 books for 2010. I was happy …
44 Presidents versus 44 Super Bowls
In 2010, an historic collision of timelines happened in Southern Florida. Super Bowl XLIV was taking place in Joe Robbie Stadium Pro Player Park Pro …
Memories of the Future
If you’re a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation or Wil Wheaton, then you will enjoy reading Memories of the Future. Wheaton provides his …
The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
I was school-age when the Blizzard of ’78 unleashed its fury on New England. It was an historically powerful storm, bringing hurricane force winds and …
Book Review: Impact
You can tell by looking the cover of Impact that a meteoroid strikes off the coast of Maine. Except it’s not a meteoroid and there …
Stories About the AFL in The Little League That Could
My house is a football house, but mostly an AFC football house. I’m a long time Patriots fan and Mrs. Doug bleeds KC Chiefs red. …