Best Books of 2022 – Chapter 5
I just love David McCullough’s writing and I have read almost every one of his books. For Truman, he won the Pulitzer Prize so I knew it too would be … Continue Reading Best Books of 2022 – Chapter 5
Best Books of 2022 – Chapter 4
If you read my favorite food blog from several years ago, you know that my all-time favorite food is the hamburger. So, when I came across this daily special on … Continue Reading Best Books of 2022 – Chapter 4
Best Books of 2022 – Chapter 3
This book, The Widower’s Wife by Cate Holahan, was for me a most unexpected great read. It popped up on my BookBub list one day and two things caught my … Continue Reading Best Books of 2022 – Chapter 3
Best Books of 2022 – Chapter 2
I would imagine that most everyone is familiar with the tragic story of Anne Frank and her famous diary written during WWII while in hiding with her family in Amsterdam … Continue Reading Best Books of 2022 – Chapter 2
Best Books of 2022 – Chapter 1
Happy New Year! Now celebrating its 10th annual edition, I thought I would begin the New Year by posting around New Year’s Day my favorite books that I read from … Continue Reading Best Books of 2022 – Chapter 1
Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 4
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed several of Walter Isaacson’s previous books, I added this one to my Amazon Wishlist even though I could not recall having ever heard of Jennifer … Continue Reading Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 4
Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 3
I have always enjoyed reading books about building things and several years ago, I wrote an entire post about David McCollough’s book, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the … Continue Reading Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 3
Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 2
I must admit it was the cover that first attracted me to this book by James Trautman, Pan American Clippers: The Golden Age of Flying Boats. This vintage image is … Continue Reading Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 2
Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 1
Happy New Year! In now what is its ninth annual edition, I thought I would begin the New Year by posting around New Year’s Day my favorite books that … Continue Reading Best Books of 2021 – Chapter 1
Best Books of 2020 – Chapter 4
I don’t recall when I first became aware of this debut novel by Samantha Downing, but I was intrigued enough by the description of the book to add it to … Continue Reading Best Books of 2020 – Chapter 4
Best Books of 2020 – Chapter 3
I had previously read an excellent book about the race to build an atomic bomb by the Germans and Allies so when this 2016 title by Damien Lewis popped up … Continue Reading Best Books of 2020 – Chapter 3
Best Books of 2020 – Chapter 2
This was such a great book, that after reading it, I don’t believe I will ever think of trees in the same way. Ironically, the only reason I read this … Continue Reading Best Books of 2020 – Chapter 2
Best Books of 2020 – Chapter 1
Happy New Year! Continuing with the tradition I started several years ago, I thought I would begin the New Year by posting around New Year’s Day my favorite books that … Continue Reading Best Books of 2020 – Chapter 1
Best Books of 2019 – Chapter 5
It was attending the Broadway hit musical Hamilton last year that prompted me to read this book by Ron Chernow (the inspiration for the play as well). While I thoroughly … Continue Reading Best Books of 2019 – Chapter 5
Best Books of 2019 – Chapter 4
Blackout was another BookBub find that I don’t know I ever would have read had I not previously read John J. Nance’s first novel, The Last Hostage, that introduced his … Continue Reading Best Books of 2019 – Chapter 4
Best Books of 2019 – Chapter 3
…And read I did. Anthony Horowitz actually wrote this Bond novel, Trigger Mortis, before writing Forever and a Day. It is set right after the conclusion of the Ian Fleming … Continue Reading Best Books of 2019 – Chapter 3
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