I see all sorts of political things get passed around thanks to the wonders of social media. Some of them make you stop and think, some of them make you scratch your head, and some of them just rile you up for whatever reason. There is a new one that I’ve seen being passed around [...]

Every time I pick up a book about the Holocaust, I sit and wonder how on Earth anybody allowed it to happen. It just blows me away. Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay covers a part of the Holocaust that I wasn’t aware of. It is about the Vél’ d’Hiv’ roundups of Jews in Paris [...]

The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond is one of the most gripping books that I’ve read in a long time. It begins with Abby Mason, walking a beach in the Bay area with her finance’s 6-year-old daughter, Emma. For one moment, Abby looks away at a dead seal pup on the beach. When she [...]

She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb is an incredible coming-of-age story. The protagonist of the story is Dolores Price. It begins with Dolores as a child, and the unraveling of her parents’ marriage. Everything falls apart when Dolores is raped at 13 by her grandmother’s tenant. Dolores deals with the trauma by eating away her [...]

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is a book that takes place during the Great Depression. Jacob Jankowski is a young veterinary student at Cornell, intending then to join his father’s veterinary practice when he is through with his schooling. Just before graduation, his parents are killed in a car accident, and their farm and [...]

Slow news day in Siouxland, I guess. We were the lead story! Hopefully this link will work: Grant on the news Grant was such a good boy. I look and sound like a doofus. Zane stole the show. His outtakes were hysterical! Some of his goofier stuff didn’t make it on, like comments about Grant’s [...]

Still Alice by Lisa Genova is the story of an esteemed Harvard psychology professor. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, John, who is a biology professor at Harvard. They have three grown children in their 20s, and she herself is about to turn 50. As we begin the book, Alice is finding herself being [...]

Don’t be put off by the size of this 1100 page behemoth. It’s a good read that goes fast. It’s hard to put down. And, it will probably improve your upper body strength at the same time. I’ve always been a big fan of old Stephen King, and less impressed with his newer books. But [...]

I need to get back into the habit of writing reveiws of books that I’ve read. Perhaps I can get caught up! The Lost Symbol is Dan Brown’s newest installment in the Robert Langdon series. As in Angels & Demons and The DiVinci Code, the symbologist finds himself in a sticky situation requiring him to use his expertise in foiling a [...]

I’ve been wanting to say something about the Twilight saga. Let me preface this with the fact that I HAVE read the series, twice in fact, and did enjoy it. It’s a fun read! It’s like a PG Rated version of the Underworld series of films, which I enjoyed. Something bothered me a bit on [...]