Book Reviews

Movie Review: Apostle…Well, Not Really a Review

I have some great news. I bought another website. This one is called DumbassesTalkingPolitics.com. I created this website to post my political views and the views of my friends. This site will also be a resource for our podcast that is in the making. The bad news is I...

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Book Review: Ship of Fools

I have a daily process. I wake up, go to work, take a half hour lunch, listen to Ben Shapiro’s podcast on the way home and then turn on the Tucker Carlson show on Fox News. I was very wary of Tucker Carlson at first. I replaced my favorite...

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Book Review: Resistance is Futile!

I love Audible. All those bitching about Jeff Bezos and some of his questionable employment practices (that’s you, Bernie Sanders) really do not understand how awesome capitalism is. I can not read a book and listen to another. I am getting smarter by the second. Those who are getting...

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Book Review: Breath, Eyes, Memory

My quest to get through Amazon’s must-read books continues. And another one is in the books. The 1994 book, Breath, Eyes, Memory, by Edwidge Danticat is number 15 on Amazon’s lists. I had a real tough time with Bel Canto so I am hoping this one is a lot better. It...

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Movie Review: How It Ends

It has been a tough weekend for my Netflix decisions and I was hoping a good old fashioned, disaster film might fix that! Yeah, well, no. The Movie I chose is called, “How It Ends.” If you want to take a look at the trailer, I included it below:...

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Book Review: Blood Will Out

I am really falling behind. I have read two books, which I have not reviewed, and am finishing up on two more. I really think I need to catch up. so, here we go. I read this book back in February called, “Blood Will Out” by Walter Kirn (picture...

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Book Review: Unbroken

It was time to hit Amazon’s must read 100 list. It had been a while since I took the leap, but I just finished one that I was sure I was going to love. Guess what (foreshadowing), I loved it. The book, Unbroken, was written in 2010 by Laura...

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Book Review: Natural Born Heroes

With his book, Born to Run, I was excited to read Christopher McDougall’s new book, Natural Born Heroes. I thought the premise was be interesting and I already knew that that McDougall had a way of mixing history and athletic science in a way that made for a good read....

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Book Review: Get Strong

I usually like to review books that have a story to them. I read a lot of “How to…” books, but never review them. If I like what I read or implement something from the book, I might blog about that. But this book is different. I liked it...

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