Books
“Imperfect Strangers” by Stuart Woods
Copyright 1995 by Stuart Woods. Published by HarperCollins. This is my first Stuart Woods novel ever and it won’t be my last. He is a very talented writer who kept my interest. Those of you familiar with the movie Strangers on a Train will recognize the starting premise: two strangers meet – on a plane, … Continue reading
“Treasure” by Clive Cussler
Copyright 1988 by Clive Cussler Enterprises, published by Pocket Books This is a long book – 678 pages in this edition. But I finished it in less than 10 days which is a pretty good indicator of how much I enjoyed it. It isn’t great literature but it sure is a fun beach book. For … Continue reading
“Running Blind” by Lee Child
Copyright 2000 by Lee Child. Published by Berkley, New York. Yes, another Jack Reacher book. I always expect to be entertained and I am never disappointed. Some of the Reacher books are set during the time when he is in the army, but most are set post-Army when he is an aimless drifter. This one … Continue reading
“Almost Killed by a Train of Thought” by David Benjamin
Last Kid Books, April 2019 This is a collection of essays. That, alone, makes this book unique among the books that I have reviewed. It is also written by a guy I know very well – a good friend who goes way back – he was my best friend in high school. So this will be … Continue reading
“Tick Tock” by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Copyright 2011 by James Patterson, Grand Central Publishing I NEVER read books of the famous-author-and-some-nobody variety because you know damn well that the book was written by the nobody and the famous author is just getting paid to put his name on the book. So I don’t know how this one slipped into my “to … Continue reading
“Hello, Darkness” by Sandra Brown
Simon & Schuster, 2003 I think I have read a Sandra Brown mystery before. I have certainly listened to one of her audiobooks. I had a fairly positive view of her skill as a writer. So it was with a modicum of pleasant anticipation that I picked up Hello, Darkness. Imagine my disappointment. This is … Continue reading
Blog booklets, 2014-2016 (QTN, STS, STN and TTS)
Here are the PDFs for the blog booklets for the years 2014 to 2016. OurWanderYears 2014 (10.8 MB) – the Quick Trip North (QTN), summer in MA and coming off the road OurWanderYears 2015 (21.4 MB) – winter in MA, Carnival cruise and the Second Trip South (STS) OurWanderYears 2016 (21.3 MB) – Second Trip … Continue reading
Blog booklets, 2011-2013 (GTW, QTE, QTS)
I have received enough positive feedback on my printed blog booklets that I am going to post the PDFs online. Here are the first three, 2011 to 2013. OurWanderYears 2011 (13.9MB) – preparation and planning OurWanderYears 2012 (22.5MB) – rig acquisition, more preparation and the Great Trip West (GTW) OurWanderYears 2013 (35.4MB) – California, the … Continue reading
“The Midnight Line” by Lee Child
Copyright 2017 by Lee Child, published by Bantam Books Yes, another Jack Reacher book by Lee Child. I like them, for sure, but the fact that I have read 3 in a row is pure luck. I have a stack of, usually, 6 to 12 books in my to-be-read stack and I choose my next … Continue reading
Ghosted by my printer
I have published the first four volumes of the blog – 2011 through 2014 – and have the 2015 volume ready for print. But my chosen printer – printi.com – has disappeared. Apparently they have been gobbled up by VistaPrint. Their website now redirects me to the VistaPrint website. But I have been unable to … Continue reading