I’ve always been a fan of science fiction. My earliest “adult” reads were Stephen King, who often treads the line between science fiction and horror. I devoured many of the science fiction […]
Series Rewatch – Outlander: Season 1, Episode 1 – Sassenach
Written by Diana Gabaldon and Ronald D. MooreDirected by John Dahl I have to be honest and say that when this series was first proposed, I didn’t have much confidence that they’d […]
Movie Review: Mrs Brown – Judi Dench Deserved the Oscar For This
Written by Jeremy BrockDirected by John Madden When most people think of Queen Victoria, they usually think of the moral standards she upheld as part of her reign, which was considerably long. […]
Book Review: On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down by James Fell
I’ve followed author James fell for a while on Facebook. He’s funny and irreverent and an expert on history. The real history, not the fairy tales we’ve been indoctrinated with over the […]
Book Review: 11/22/63 by Stephen King – Will Re-Writing History Bring on a Fairy Tale?
Of all the “what ifs” in history, probably none looms larger than what if John F. Kennedy had lived. His Presidency was a tumultuous one that came to be highly regarded due […]
Book Review: Hornblower During the Crisis – C.S. Forester’s Last Novel, Incomplete
When writer C.S. Forester penned his series around the character Horatio Hornblower, he didn’t write the books in chronological order. The first three novels were about mid-point through the series, and then […]
AudioBook Review – The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough
I attempted to finish this book before our trip through the Panama Canal back in February 2022. I was not successful. Even with my headphones on, this impressive audiobook takes a while […]
AudioBook Review: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow – The Founding Fathers Were as Divided as We Are Now
I find history fascinating. I likely should have become a historian or a fact-checker and researcher for someone like Ken Burns. When I hear something that intrigues me, I want to know […]
Book Review: My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
I was very surprised at how much I learned from this fictionalized account of the life of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, wife of Alexander Hamilton. I generally enjoy history, and this book is […]
AudioBook Review: A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn – The Most Important Book You’ve Probably Never Read
Truth be told, I haven’t “read” it yet either. I ended up purchasing the audiobook and listening to it over the course of a few months. It’s hard to digest rapidly, much […]
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