Category: Books
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, October 26, 2021, or: Of Reading Lists and Weighty Matters
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in A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America, Alternative History (Alt History), And the Last Trump Shall Sound: A Future History of America, Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: The NASA History – 50th Anniversary Edition, Blogging, Books, Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, Harry Turtledove, I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year, Life in Florida, Personal Thoughts, The Napoleonic Wars: A Global HistoryAbout My October TBR List Well, with November 2021 not that far away, it’s time to check how I am doing with my To Be Read list for October. Unfortunately, Dear Reader, I haven’t made much of a dent on that TBR list. Of all the books I’ve started reading this fall – starting last…
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Book Review: ‘The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem’
The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem Written by: Jack Mitchell Illustrated by: Jessica Benhar Publisher: Abrams Image, an imprint of Henry N. Abrams Publishing Date: September 28, 2021 Spirit of learning, angel of the Force, In grief, in longing for your tender touch, I call you to my side: let sorrow cease, Let…
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Book Review: ‘Apollo Explorations of the Moon: The NASA History – 50th Anniversary Edition’
There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation may never come again. But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well…
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On Books: My TBR Pile Keeps On Growing, and Growing, and Growing
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in Alternative History (Alt History), And the Last Trump Shall Sound: A Future History of America, Books, Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, Harry Turtledove, I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year, Ian Doescher, Jack Mitchell, MacTrump: A Shakespearean Tragicomedy of the Trump Administration, Part I, On Writing Well: 30th Anniversary Edition, Star Wars Books, The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War, The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic PoemHi, there, Dear Reader. If you’re a regular visitor to this space, you know that I’m an avid reader. It’s a trait that runs in my family, at least on my mom’s side; most of my relatives, including both of my grandparents, Mom, and even my half-sister Vicky are/were readers, and family legend has it…
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Adventures in Good Reading, or: Awaiting the Arrival of ‘The Odyssey of Star Wars’
One of the cool things about Star Wars is the universality of its story, especially when it concerns the Original Trilogy of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. I mean, even though the movies were conceived by a (then) young American filmmaker named George Lucas and featured an Anglo-American…
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Book Review: ‘A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America’
A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America (2020 hardcover, 2021 paperback) Written by: Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig Publisher: Penguin Press (a division of Penguin Random House) Category: Domestic Politics Format: Paperback No. of Pages: 512 Publication Date: Hardcover: January 21, 2020; Paperback (Updated with New Reporting): February 23, 2021 “This taut and terrifying…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, August 24, 2021, or: ‘A Very Stable Genius’ Reveals Trump is No Friend of Our Military
Hello there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. It’s another hot, humid late summer day. Currently, the temperature is 87˚F (31˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 57% and the wind blowing from the southeast at 4 MPH (7 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 98˚F (37˚C).…
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On Books & Reading: ‘A Very Stable Genius’ Confirms How Toxic, Unstable Trump Was as President
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, August 22, 2021. It’s a typically hot late summer day. Currently the temperature is 85°F (30°C) under mostly sunny skies. With humidity at 82% and the wind blowing at 1 MPH (0 KMH) from the northwest, the feels-like temperature is 95°F…
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On Books & Reading: A Few Takeaways from ‘A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America’
Hi there, Dear Reader. Happy Humpday. It’s midday here in New Hometown, Florida on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. As usual, it is hot, muggy, and cloudy outside. Currently, the temperature is 89˚F (31˚C) under partly sunny skies. With humidity at 51% and an east-southeasterly breeze of 9 MPH (15 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 103˚F…
A Certain Point of View, Too 