Category Archives: Uncategorized

I highly recommend the book “The Dig” by John Preston.  I read this book because I first saw the Netflix movie “The Dig” in April 2021, and I wanted to learn more about the burial ship at the Sutton Hoo House.  The book and the movie added an item to my bucket list as IContinue reading “Review of “The Dig”, book by John Preston & Netflix film based on the book”

I highly recommend the book “The Wright Brothers” by David McCullough. The story is about Orville and Wilbur Wright and their development of the first airplane.  The story primarily takes place at the turn of the 20th century in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio, and of course, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.  I started the bookContinue reading “Review of The Wright Brothers by David McCullough”

I highly recommend the book “Hurt Me If You Can” by Matthew Baxter.  My son is a middle school cross country runner here in the suburbs outside of Chicago.  I came across Matthew Baxter and his book one day when my son and I were watching Youtube videos about college cross country.  Matthew Baxter wroteContinue reading “Review of “Hurt Me If You Can” by Matthew Baxter”

As I post this review at the start of the month of November 2020, anything presidential related maybe the last thing on your mind.  I typically spend my month of November with a book about a president or about our country.  My book review this month is actually two books “John Adams” by David McContinue reading “Review of “John Adams” and “Abigail Adams””

I highly recommend the book “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Dalia Owens.  I read this book because the book was on the New York Times Bestseller list practically all of last year.   Several times last year, I tried to reserve this book at my local library, the list to reserve this book was long.  IContinue reading “Review of “Where the Crawdads Sing””

I highly recommend the book “The Lincoln Lawyer” by Michael Connelly.  This is my first book by the author Michael Connelly and several years ago I saw the movie with Matthew McConaughey.  I picked up the hardcover of this book at a garage sale two years ago, as I liked the movie and I likeContinue reading “Review of “The Lincoln Lawyer””