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To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my all-time favorite books. I was completely shocked this morning when it was announced that Harper Lee was coming out with a followup. Go Set a Watchman, which will be...
To age is to embrace a slow hurt inside and out, to collect scars like rings on a tree, dark and weathered and sometimes only visible if someone cuts deep enough. Scars keep the past just close enough...
I've been craving some new history books lately. I really like early 20th Century American history. Topics that I've enjoyed reading about the most seem to be about business. The rise of advertising,...
A natural part of growing up for most of us is the loss of imagination. It doesn't totally disappear, we just stop using it as much or start using it in different ways. Instead of imagining being an a...
I've been in a reading mood lately. I don't know what it is but I can't get enough of it. Friday night I bought two books, A Good and Happy Child and The Husband. A Good and Happy Child was a pretty g...
I was browsing some best books of 2007 lists and found one by an author named R.M. Kinder that lives in Missouri. The book, entitled An Absolute Gentleman is about a serial killer. I went to Amazon.co...
I was at the mall Christmas shopping today and came across a book while waiting in line to check out. It was in the Bargain Books section. The book is Tupac Shakur Legacy. Originally priced at $45, I...
Sometimes when reading a book I think how great a movie it could be. Of course, with some books, others see the same potential and make a horrible movie out of it (Michael Crichton's Timeline is a sup...
I just finished reading Michael Eric Dyson's Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip Hop. It is a brilliant, insightful discussion on hip hop and its history, it's problems, and how it relates to society...
I just read Chuck Palahniuk's new book Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey. I am a huge fan of Palahniuk's cynical stories. Reminding me of Vonnegut, Palahniuk spins deep stories about how fucked...
A literary legend has passed. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. died last night. He was 84 years old. Slaughterhouse-Five, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, and Breakfast of Champions were my favorite books by Mr. Vonne...
For Christmas from my sister Lisa this year I received a great book entitled Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer. It is a fantastic read. It gives great insight into the business economy in Ame...