Found a book to get me out of my slump! The name Hearst is well known throughout the world due in large part to William Randolph Hearst, the publishing giant, helping build America. His granddaughter, Patricia, made the Hearst name famous for an entirely different reason. In February 1974 Patricia was kidnapped by the Symbionese (made up word) Liberation Army from her apartment. Her fiance, Stephen Weed, told her kidnappers to “take anything” which permanently damaged their relationship. The SLA was poorly run by Donald […]
If you enjoy the C.S. Harris books, this one might be for you
In Regency London, an unconventional scientist and a fearless female artist form an unlikely alliance to expose unspeakable evil . . . This book is the first in a new series and it has so many similarities to the Sebastian St Cyr mysteries by C.S. Harris that it was disconcerting, to say the least. To begin with the cover is strikingly reminiscent of those books, along with Regency setting and some of the main characters. Here we have the Earl of Wrexford, a rather rakish […]
I’m Not Going to be Your Monkey.
I read books on my tablet while I walk my dog in the morning. He’s old, a slow walker, likes to sniff thoroughly, and will often take a rest in other people’s yards. I wasn’t far in to the oral history of The Daily Show when, for a changed, I was the one who had to stop. I stopped to laugh. It probably wasn’t the laugh they were expecting, but that’s life in Trump’s America. Various writers, producers and correspondents were reminiscing about how the 2000 […]
I apologize in advance for all the swears
This falls into the category of: Intriguing concept. Poor execution. I haven’t read anything by Stephen King before, which is probably blasphemous, but I’ve seen several of his adaptations and figured that 11/22/63 was a good place to start, since I’m not a big horror fan, but I was wrong. This was an overwrought, bloated mess of a book. “Humans were built to look back; that’s why we have that swivel joint in our necks” Spoilers There are too many things going on in this […]
Stand Up. Fight Back.
Best for: People who see what is happening in the U.S. and want some quick tips on how to fight back. In a nutshell: The subtitle says it all. Twenty lessons the guide our fight against the encroaching tyranny. Line that sticks with me: “When exactly was the ‘again’ in the president’s slogan ‘Make America great again’? Hint: It is the same ‘again’ that we find in ‘Never again.’” (p 123) Why I chose it: I was in a bookstore on Tuesday and saw this […]
Time For A Different Kind of White Rage
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson, Ph. D.
Best for: All white people in the U.S. right now. In a nutshell: Dr. Anderson shares a concise history of all the shit black people have gone through because of the anger white people feel when black people start to make even a little bit of progress. Line that sticks with me: All of them. Seriously, I underlined, circled, or commented on all but maybe three pages in this book. Okay, fine, here’s one: “Somehow many have convinced themselves that the man who pulled the […]
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