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Book Review: Deacon King Kong, by James McBride

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Blurb Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Gotham Book Prize One of Barack Obama’s “Favorite Books of the Year” Oprah’s Book Club Pick New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Named one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and TIME Magazine A Washington Post Notable Novel From the author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, and the bestselling modern classic The Color of Water, comes one of the most celebrated novels of the year. In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as … Continue reading Book Review: Deacon King Kong, by James McBride

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Book Review: Bear Town, by Fredrik Backman

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Blurb Now an HBO Original Series “You’ll love this engrossing novel.” —People Named a Best Book of the Year by LibraryReads, BookBrowse, and Goodreads From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People, a dazzling and profound novel about a small town with a big dream—and the price required to make it come true. By the lake in Beartown is an old ice rink, and in that ice rink Kevin, Amat, Benji, and the rest of the town’s junior ice hockey team are about to compete in the national semi-finals—and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of this place … Continue reading Book Review: Bear Town, by Fredrik Backman

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Book Review: The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini

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Blurb The #1 New York Times bestselling novel beloved by millions of readers the world over. New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “A vivid and engaging story that reminds us how long his people [of Afghanistan] have been struggling to triumph over the forces of violence—forces that continue to threaten them even today.”—The New York Times Book Review The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and … Continue reading Book Review: The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini

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Book Review: Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi

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Blurb: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE • WINNER OF THE PEN / HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION • Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery.One of Oprah’s Best Books of the Year, Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from … Continue reading Book Review: Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi

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Book Nook: And Your Ass Will Follow, by George Clinton

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Blurb Revolutionary singer, songwriter, producer, bandleader, and funk icon George Clinton travels the rich cosmos of his musical history. As the second-most sampled artist in the world (right behind James Brown), Clinton examines his incongruous path from delivering milk to Sarah Vaughan on Avon Avenue in Newark, New Jersey, to embodying funk as we know it—from Motown to the Mothership. Clinton’s experiences as the mastermind behind his bands Parliament and Funkadelic and as the foremost authority on all things funk make for a distinctive, humorous, and thoughtful journey through modern music. Featuring exclusive live musical performances of favorites from Clinton’s … Continue reading Book Nook: And Your Ass Will Follow, by George Clinton

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Book NooK: The Women, by Kristin Hannah

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Blurb A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times! From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah’s The Women―at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to … Continue reading Book NooK: The Women, by Kristin Hannah

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Book Nook: Mr. Olympia, by Joe Weider

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This was a Christmas gift from Sarah. A used book store find for her. With a forward from Ben Weider and written by Joe Weider. Published in 1983, it is a picture and word history of the first 18 years of the Mr. Olympia competition. It features some of the history of the formation of the contest. It has some breakdowns of several of the contests, starting with the years of 3-5 competitors a year and through the growth of the event. It has some typical Weider schilling, of course. Joe might be the best salesman the sport has seen … Continue reading Book Nook: Mr. Olympia, by Joe Weider

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My 2024 Recap

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I have a few hobbies. Here is a quick recap of some of them. Reading Log: 32 books read 112 Albums Rated Watched a bunch of stuff 201 Comics Read A bunch of time in the gym 2,075 bets made. ROI +7.3 percent. 403.4 Miles in Nike +. This was down significantly. See the below line. Two knee surgeries + vasectomy. 225 Stories written for the Wayne County Press 79,415 Minutes on Spotify 1 Powerlifting meet: 1,350 total. Deadlift PR of 585. 700+ government bids submitted. Weight on 1/1/25: 253.3 pounds. 110 Different Beers Drank Trips: Bloomington, IN golf trip; … Continue reading My 2024 Recap