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On The Nightstand – Ararat – 4/7/2018
“One of the things I like, and I’m a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable”. George R.R. Martin I don’t read much from the Horror category but decided to try … Continue reading
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On My Mind – New Bookshelf – 4/1/2018
This was a really good week – for a whole host of reasons. Good things happened at work – my sales teams exceeded their Q1 goals. I had minimal travel – giving me the chance to stay close to home … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – The Rook – 4/1/2018
I’ve always gotten a kick out of the saying – “sex is kinda like pizza…even when it’s bad, it’s pretty darn good”. I’m not going to make a judgement about it’s accuracy with respect to sex but I do generally … Continue reading
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On The Shelf – What Next? – 3/25/2018
And that…in a nutshell – is a pretty decent representation of my challenge – if you were to change the blue books from “Pretend To Have Read” to “Started – Not Yet Finished. Now that I’ve finished “Oscar Wao” and … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao – Epilogue – 3/25/2018
I posted on this book about a week ago when I was about a third of the way through – the link will bring you back to my earlier post: http://booksofbrian.com/on-the-nightstand-the-brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao-3-18-2018/ I was able to finish last night and you … Continue reading
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On My Mind – Bernie’s Book Bank – 3/24/2018
This post is going to be a little different – all about a very worthy local charity. Sue and I volunteered today at Bernie’s Book Bank. She found Bernie’s several months ago and has been trying to convince me to … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao – 3/18/2018
I wanted to add a brief, partial post before I ended the weekend – for several reasons. First and foremost, I wanted to thank NG for recommending this book. After reading my “Ready Player One” post, he steered me in … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – The Good Guys – 3/18/2018
It’s been another over the top, busy week but in a good way. Both of our kids were back for Spring Break this week and, I have to say, it was a good week for everyone. Not sure about everyone … Continue reading
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On My Mind – Thank You – 3/10/2018
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you who have shown enough interest in my Blog to hit the “Subscribe” button. I just noticed that I’ve passed the 150 subscriber milestone and I can’t be more … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – A Call To Vengeance – 3/10/2018
Here’s the second book I finished on the trip – the next volume in what has come to be called the “Honorverse”. I’ve been reading these books since 1993, when the first novel in the collection – “On Basilisk Station” … Continue reading
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