Book Review: The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was the winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction, and the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. It is also in Oprah’s Book Club, receiving a lot of critical acclaim since its release August 2016. The story is about primarily about a slave name …

George W Bush’s “Decision Points” Reviewed

For the "Political Memoir" book of my reading challenge, I picked "Decision Points" by former President George W. Bush. I bought this book years ago, never had the urge to read it until now. I went into this book thinking, " This is actually one of the memoirs I can relate to historically because I was …

Master of Her Craft: Murder On The Orient Express

Agatha Christie has been rediscovered by myself after 15+ years passing since reading "And Then There Was None". I enjoyed that book a lot and once I got done reading this book for my Reading Challenge (Murder Mystery Novel category), I can only wonder why I haven't read more of Agatha. I don't consider myself …

Lincoln movie and Team of Rivals Book Review

2012's Lincoln  film was based on "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Team of Rivals, winner of the American History Book Prize was adapted into film by Steven Spielberg. This post is a review of both items. Starting with Spielberg's Lincoln, this is a wonderful movie. Truly a must …

The Master and Margarita Review

A most interesting book translated from Russian, author Mikhail Bulgakov, is my reading challenge entry for "Book Translated to English". Definitely a different type of story; a satire based on Satan/The Devil himself coming to Moscow to wreak havoc in the 1930s on the substantial atheistic populace This book being translated from Russian with different names that I'm …

The Count of Monte Cristo Book Review

            My project, my big read of 2016 was this book in unabridged form, almost 1300 pages of majesty. One of the longest classics novels in literature, I was drawn to it although intimidated by its length. The late 90's movie featuring Jim Caviezel, Guy Pierce and the late great …

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Reading Challenge of 2016

    For the year of 2016, I embarked on something new in regards to my reading prowess. I decided that I would do a reading challenge. I am reading PopSugar "Ultimate Reading Challenge ", where you are read 41 books over the course of 2016 in various categories. I read almost 30 books last year …

Barack Obama “The Audacity of Hope” Book Review

      Written in the 2004-2005 timeframe by newly elected U.S. Senator Barack Obama, was a rising celebrity within the ranks of the Democrat Party. He made a big splash at the 2004 Democrat National Convention as the keynote speaker. His speech was electrifying, uplifting, and solidified that we could expect bigger and more things from …

Review: The Gospel According to Star Wars by John C. McDowell

A book that entails philosophy, religion (mainly Christianity with very little Buddhism), politics through the explanation of Star Wars, seems like a most read to my inner Star Wars dork and student of world religions and their impacts through their media outlets. My professor in religion spoke a lot of the all the religions and …