If you’ve only seen the mini-series by the same name, you’re missing out on quite a lot. There is more of everything in John Jakes’ novel North And South: more characters, more […]
Book Review – North And South by John Jakes: Two Families, One Fate
Book Review – The Great War: American Front by Harry Turtledove – The Complexity of War
This novel is the sequel to How Few Remain. In these novels, Turtledove supposes that the Confederacy won the Civil War and follows the course of history in a North American continent […]
Book Review: 108 Stitches by Ron Darling – Insights & Anecdotes from a Mets Legend
No baseball so far this season thanks to the Corona Virus, so I’m trying to catch up on my baseball reading. One of the books I had on my list was 108 […]
Book Review: The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron – Exploring Maine’s Wilderness
I’ve always enjoyed books and movies that take me to familiar places. That was easy when I lived in New York. Not so easy anymore, until some of my geocaching friends introduced […]
Book Review: How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove – Understanding Special Order 191 and Its Impact
Do you know what Special Order 191 was? It’s one of those pesky little details we weren’t taught about that in history class; details that, if something had just gone a little […]
Book Review: The Cathedral by Nelson DeMille – Intrigue and Hostage Drama
I confess to an affinity for Nelson DeMille developed once he commented in a Facebook group I’m in and I discovered he was from my hometown and attended the same high school […]
Book Review – Worldwar: In The Balance by Harry Turtledove – Intriguing Aliens in WWII Fiction
I can’t remember anymore who turned me on to the Harry Turtledove books. I believe it was someone in one of my science-fiction groups. Whoever it was, I owe them a debt […]
Book Review: False Memory by Dean Koontz Just Didn’t Ring True
Dean Koontz and Stephen King have always been in competition to be my favorite author. I think after reading this book, King definitely took the lead. False Memory is a book that […]
Book Review: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry – Why You Shouldn’t Fear Lonesome Dove’s Length
Lonesome Dove can be really intimidating when you first pick it up to read. The paperback version logs in at 945 pages. To me, it is worth reading every single one of […]
Book Review: Harry Turtledove – The Guns of the South: A Novel of the Civil War – The Impact of Time Travel on Civil War
“What if..” is a question that we ask at various turns in our lives, and why not history. What if all the votes… nah 🙂 Harry Turtledove is probably the best writer […]
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