Yesterday I picked up a book my brother gave me a couple of weeks ago and decided to give it a try. I have hear of Michael Connelly, but I have never thought about picking up one of his books. It was free, and seemed like a change from what I had been reading so [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 27, 2008
From Hope to Higher Ground
I really enjoyed this book by Mike Huckabee. I decided that it was an election year, and I would try and make an informed choice and read some of the candidates books. I have previously read McCain’s book Faith of My Fathers about his early years. The book really made me appreciate what he went [...]
February 21, 2008
Metallica: This Monster Lives
The subtitle of this book is ‘The Inside Story of Some Kind of Monster’. In a nutshell that is what this book is about. One of the filmmakers who was with Metallica during the recording of St. Anger from 2001-2003 wrote this book. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a huge Metallica fan. [...]
February 13, 2008
Kiss Me Like A Stranger
I have always liked Gene Wilder. Over the last couple of years I have seen some of his older movies that thanks to Netflix were available to me. I heard an interview with Gene about this book on the radio in 2005 when I was traveling to Colorado. From the interview I really never wanted [...]
February 12, 2008
Fever Pitch
This is one book that I should have read a long time ago. It is the memoirs of Nick Hornby and his addiction to his soccer team. Anyone that knows me knows that I love my sports. I may not be as bad as Nick is though, but in some ways I may even be [...]
February 4, 2008
The Bourne Identity
This was one book that I had some trouble with. If I would have done the 25 page rule I would never have read this book. For some reason I could not get into it right away. Once I did though it was on. I bet I read over 300 of the 530+ pages in [...]
