It’s really hard to find the words to review this book. The Only Plane in the Sky is a herculean effort on the part of author Garrett M. Graff to comb through hundreds upon hundreds of heartbreaking testimonies (the majority of which were pulled from large-scale oral history projects conducted by a variety of museums,…
Prior to giving a speech at a conference in Chicago, former US President Barack Obama’s Blackberry goes missing. Determined to find it for his friend, former VP Joe Biden takes to the streets of The Windy City to track down the missing phone. It’s not long before Biden and Obama get more than they bargained…
Bill Bryson’s books are like the literary equivalent of the British panel show Qi. Like an episode of the long-running series, his books are filled with tidbits of trivia presented in a quirky and humorous way. While Bryson is often quite ambitious in tackling the subjects that interest him (attempting to explain the universe in…
My Life is the story of the life and career of retired Finnish hockey player Teemu Selanne. From a young age, Selanne had hinted at greatness. His natural speed would help him excel at nearly every sport he tried. While he enjoyed both soccer as well as track and field, his heart belonged to hockey. …
Funny story about these two graphic novels. Every year, usually completely by accident, I end up spoiling most of my own Christmas gifts. 2019 year was no exception. I was looking for books to read during the holiday season and came across Grant Morrison’s comic books series containing an origin story for Santa Claus. I…
It’s Boxing Day and the town villain, CC de Poitiers, dies in front of a crowd of people attending an annual curling tournament. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is quick to declare it a murder but solving the case will prove to be difficult. With so many enemies, de Poitiers could have been knocked off by…
In Wild and Crazy Guys, author Nick de Semlyen takes a look at several of the comedy mega-stars of the 1980s and the roles they played in both the film and television industry. Well, we’ve finally made it to the 2020s, which makes 1980 forty years ago. While you sit back and digest that fact,…
I somehow found the time to read over 80 books this year – the most I’ve read in a single year since 2014 (I read 90 that year). Therefore, rather than just pick 5 books I enjoyed, I decided to go with a Top 10 – five fiction and five non-fiction. I still had a…
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