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There is something about getting back out to nature — especially when we are at home right now — that is so appealing and calming. While it might be harder to escape physically right now, this collection of short essays will at least allow you to imagine you’re breathing in fresh air, listening to bird … Read More “Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald” »
This book is a collection of short essays written by the children of “famous” men. Some of these men are ones you’ve probably heard of (i.e., Samuel L. Jackson, John Wayne, Miles Davis,) while there are also several included who don’t have the same name immediate name recognition (i.e., Herb Brooks, Michio Kaku, Donald Cabana.) … Read More “To Me, He Was Just Dad: Stories of Growing Up with Famous Fathers by Joshua David Stern” »
John Lennon was assassinated the year I was born and the year he turned 40. I turned 40 earlier this year, and while I’ve always been a big fan of the Beatles (my first CD ever was Abbey Road — although apparently Lennon wouldn’t have liked that!) I have never read much of their history. … Read More “All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono by David Sheff” »
Full disclosure, I was a huge fan of the Little House on the Prairie television series when I was growing up and even went so far as to buy all the DVD box sets as an adult. I bought this book for myself at the end of last year, and I was excited to find … Read More “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim” »
This is the story of the American Dream told from the perspective of a centenarian on his deathbed looking back on a life-shaping adventure he had as an adolescent when he drove two giraffes across the country on the back of what amounted to not much more than a pick-up truck. Honestly, for whatever reason, … Read More “West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge” »