Category: Books
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, August 1, 2021, or: My Unexciting Weekend Update
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, August 1, 2021. It is a hot midsummer day. The current temperature is 89˚F under rainy conditions. With humidity at 52% and the wind blowing from the west-southwest at 8 MPH, the heat index is 100˚F. Today’s forecast calls for light…
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On Books & Reading: Browsing Through the ‘Trump Trio’
Hey there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Saturday, July 31, 2021. It’s a hot summer day in the Sunshine State. Currently, the temperature is 93˚F (34˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 54% and the wind blowing from the west at 11 MPH (17 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is…
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On Books & Reading: About ‘MacTrump’ and other Trumpian Titles
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in Alternative History (Alt History), Amazon, 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, MacTrump: A Shakespearean Tragicomedy of the Trump Administration, Part IHi there, Dear Reader. It is early afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida. Currently, the temperature is 89˚F (32˚C) under partly sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the west-southwest at 11 MPH (18 KM/H) and humidity at 58%, the feels-like temperature is 99˚F (37˚C) The forecast for today calls for light rain throughout the…
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On Books & Reading: A Trifecta of Trump-Themed Tomes
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Hi there! It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Presently, the temperature is 83˚F (28˚C) under sunny skies. With the wind blowing at 1 MPH and humidity at 69%, the heat index is 90˚F (32˚C). Today’s forecast calls for scattered rain showers and a high of 89˚F (32˚C). Tonight,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, July 27, 2021, or: Coming Soon to My TBR Stack – Two Books About ‘The Donald’
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s nearly noon on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, here in New Hometown, Florida. It is a hot summer day. Currently, the temperature is 87˚F (30˚C) under cloudy skies. With humidity at 67% and the wind blowing from the southwest at 7 MPH (11 KM/H), the heat index is 96˚F (36˚C). It’s…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, July 25, 2021, or: Significa and Insignifica Redux
Hi, Dear Reader. It’s mid-afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, July 25, 2021. It is hot outside: the current temperature is 89˚F (32˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 51% and the wind blowing at 6 MPH (9 KM/H) from the north-northeast, the feels-like temperature is 99˚F (37˚C). Today, the skies will be…
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Book Review: ‘William Shakespeare’s Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth’
On July 18, 2018, Philadelphia-based Quirk Books published William Shakespeare’s Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth, a non-canonical adaptation of writer-director Rian Johnson’s 2017 film Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. Written by Ian Doescher, creator of the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series, it retells the events of the second installment of…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, July 9, 2021, or: An Update on My TBR List…and The Streak!
Hi, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Friday, July 9, 2021. It is a hot morning – noon is not that far away as I start this post – here in my corner of the Sunshine State. Currently, the temperature is 85˚F (30˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 51%…
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Book Review: ‘The Complete Maus’
On November 19, 1996, Pantheon Books published the hardcover edition of Art Spiegelman’s The Complete Maus, a 295-page omnibus edition that combines the two volumes of Spiegelman’s graphic novel, Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, with a related comic, Prisoner on the Hell Planet: A Case Story, included as a unifying element. Originally published in Raw –…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, July 5, 2021, or: Of Storms, Summer Ailments, & Dealing with Weather-Related Ennui
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Monday, July 5, 2021. It’s a hot day outside; the current temperature is 85˚F (29˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 51% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 9 MPH (15 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 92˚F (34˚C). Today’s forecast…
