J.R.: My Life as the Most Outspoken, Fearless, and Hard-Hitting Man in Hockey by Jeremy Roenick My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was a very enjoyable book to read, even if you're not a huge fan of Jeremy Roenick. I gained a lot of respect for him as a player as a result of …
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Flight Of The Condor by Richard P. Henrick My rating: 3 of 5 stars In a word: cheesy. In another word: dated. In yet another word: entertaining. This book, published in 1987, is about a nuclear showdown between the US and USSR. America has a satellite up at all times overseeing Russia and their nuclear …
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First of all, I want to mention that this is my 500th blog post here on WordPress. That's a lot. Thanks to all of you who have been reading me all this time. I guess I'll continue on. Next.... The Veteran by Frederick Forsyth My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Veteran is a book …
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Weird things have been happening to my mother and to us over the past few months. Check it out. Mom had her taxes done. She owed over $10,000 in taxes! Never owed anything like that in her life. She lives on Social Security, for God's sake! She wasn't real happy about that. Then, last week, …
The Rakehells of Heaven by John Boyd My rating: 3 of 5 stars I struggled with how many stars to give this book. On one hand, I thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it was pretty original. On the other, it's not particularly well written, it's dated, and full of stereotypes. In it, two space cadets …
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