A Review of Long Beach State: A Brief History

Long Beach State: A Brief History by Barbara Kingsley-Wilson Scott Holstad's review 4 out of 5 stars   As an alumnus of Long Beach State, or California State University Long Beach, as it's officially known, I was really excited to hear this book existed, to get it and read it. And I largely, mostly enjoyed …

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An Overdue Overall Update

12/31/17 Hi. Last day of 2017 and I've blogged almost nothing at all this year. I regret that, but it's been the toughest year, toughest two years, of my life and I haven't had the ability to blog or even write book reviews like I once did. I started an "Update" blog about 6-7 weeks …

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A Review of Outriders

Outriders by Jay Posey My rating: 3 of 5 stars Meh. While Outriders had some interesting concepts, it really didn't do much for me and actually left me bored at times. I had a hard time trying to finish it. It's military sci fi that's more military fiction that also tries to be spy fiction. …

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A Review of To Honor You Call Us

To Honor You Call Us by H. Paul Honsinger My rating: 3 of 5 stars I enjoyed a great deal of To Honor You Call Us, yet there was quite a bit about it I did not enjoy. Captain Max Robichaux has been given command of the USS Cumberland, a bad luck destroyer with a …

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Strokes

Some people have been asking about me lately, so I thought I would write a brief post letting you know a couple things that have been going on with me. Thanks for asking. Over the past two months, I have had two minor strokes. The first one wasn't that bad. Eight doctors confirmed it was …

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