Category Archives: Book Reviews

Book Review:  Writing Creativity and Soul by Sue Monk Kidd

I’ve never read any of Sue Monk Kidd’s books before this one, but then again, she probably hasn’t read any of mine either. Be that as it may, I was drawn to Writing Creativity and Soul because I hoped that … Continue reading

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Book Review:  Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story by Jeffrey Kluger

To me, this new book on the Gemini program is like a blast of nostalgia from the sixties. I was a child during the era of Project Mercury and Project Gemini and a teen when some of the crew of … Continue reading

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Book Review:  Front Street: Resistance and Rebirth in the Tent Cities of Techlandia by Brian Barth

I have great sympathy for the homeless, or as the author of Front Street says is more politically correct, the unhoused. For years, during my road days, I had no dwelling place to call my own. I would simply roll … Continue reading

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Book Review:  Picks and Shovels: A Martin Hench Novel by Cory Doctorow

It’s been decades since I became absorbed enough in a novel series to read one book after another as soon as they came out. I thought those days were behind me. But then along came Cory Doctorow and his novels … Continue reading

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Book Review:  The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultra Rich by Evan Osnos

This is a most unusual, entertaining, and appalling collection of essays by a National Book Award-winning author about the fraction of one percent who hoard most of the wealth in the United States. And goofy title aside, it is one … Continue reading

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Book Review:  The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee; Part Two

As I read on in The Emperor of All Maladies, some sections I find absorbing and fascinating, while others, such as those describing the efforts to understand the intricacies that lie within cancerous cells, are sometimes hard for me to … Continue reading

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Book Review:  The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee; Part One

Shortly after I began the multifarious medical appointments related to my own cancerous condition, I reserved a book from the library called The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee. It had been on my radar … Continue reading

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Book Review:  Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream by Megan Greenwell

This book is a real eye-opener. It reveals that the deliberate dumbing down for profit that Cory Doctorow, in referencing the tech industry, calls enshittification (look it up; it’s even in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary) has hit numerous other facets … Continue reading

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Book Review:  The Uncool: A Memoir by Cameron Crowe

The Uncool provides a stark example of the adage that you can’t judge a book by its cover – because it has got one of the worst covers I have seen in years. It is bright red with a small … Continue reading

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Book Review:  Joyride: A Memoir by Susan Orlean

To many people, Susan Orlean is a character played by Meryl Streep in the film Adaptation, which is based on Orlean’s book The Orchid Thief. Others know her for her decades-long work as a staff writer for the New Yorker. … Continue reading

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