Your Reading List?
Over dinner one night several months ago, my wife was telling me about the book that she had read and discussed at her book club that afternoon entitled The … Continue Reading Your Reading List?
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
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