New Books for an Old List
The recent sales at Borders and Half Price Books were either a really good thing, or a really bad thing. I’ll have to wait to see how my budget looks in a few weeks to know for sure. On the positive...
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Quick Review: 1776
The story actually picks up in 1775. I say “story” because that’s really what most of this book feels like. Yes, it is a history book. But McCullough writes in such a way that the reader is drawn in to...
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Cellar Dweller
Okay. Not dweller. But I did manage to get some books on sale today at the San Antonio Library. Carolyn had mentioned the “Book Cellar” to me before but I had put it out of my mind – because honestly,...
View ArticleYIP: 2012: Reading List
If you’ve been around for a while, you know that two years ago I put together a reading list for 2010. It was impressive. 26 fiction and 26 non-fiction books to be read in the span of a year. Um…and if...
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Last night I finished His Excellency: George Washington. A full review will follow shortly. As I was updating my reading list on goodreads.com (and consequently what shows up in the left margin of the...
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In case you noticed…
I had to make a minor change to the look of the blog today. For some reason the widgets that link to Goodreads were not working properly. Previously you could see on the left side several boxes which...
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Now Reading: Cryptonomicon
Seeing as I have read more than half the book to this point, I thought it useful to update the “currently reading” list because I know you are curious. In addition to the previously mentioned Worship...
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Now Reading
Well, the good thing is I’ve been able to read a bit lately. The bad thing is that means I need to write some reviews. Something to look forward to, I suppose. I finished Neal Stephenson’s book...
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I love you, I hate you…
Half Price Books sent out a coupon the other day. You see where this is going, don’t you? It wasn’t even a great coupon – 40% your highest priced item. And there are even more coupons for the rest of...
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YIP 2015: The Other Stuff
As much as I’d like to be that guy who sets goals and powers through to the finish…I’m not that guy. I get distracted. I have too many interests and no control of when one or the other (or something...
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