My friend Andy posted that he was enjoying “The Heart and the Fist” on Facebook. The title intrigued me, so I picked up Eric Greitens book and I was transfixed. If you’re looking for a real account of what’s being done in the world today that is good, check it out. Read the rest of this entry »

“It Looked Different on the Model” is vintage Laurie Notaro. She is crass and wow is she funny. To me, it’s as if an intelligent version of Roseanne started writing books. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve never read Mick Sacks before, though you New Yorker fans will probably gasp and question my validity as a bibliophile for admitting that. I picked up “Your Wildest Dreams, Within Reason” completely at random. I’m glad I did. Read the rest of this entry »

I expected to love “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt and when I started I thought, “I have found a book of near ‘Historian‘ proportions.” It was intriguing and intellectual. And then, somewhere in the middle, I got… Read the rest of this entry »

Most of us would recognize a photo of Machu Picchu if we saw it, amazing ancient city that appears to be perched amidst green mountain peaks. That probably summed up my knowledge before I started Mark Adams’ book “Turn Right at Machu Picchu“. Read the rest of this entry »

I rarely seem to read fiction anymore, but the latest David Baldacci caught my eye, so I breezed through “Hell’s Corner“. Was it predictable? Not really, it was twisting and turning so much that it made my neck hurt. Read the rest of this entry »