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THE MANDOLIN LESSON – Frances Taylor
I was shocked to see that this book, published a year and a half ago, has so few ratings/reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. This book deserves to be read. I can’t say that I’m a huge fan of memoirs, usually because I find that you need to be familiar with the writer to appreciate what… Continue reading
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AIRPLANE RIDES – Jake Alexander
What has the potential to be an interesting, soul-observing study of humanity, instead becomes a self-centered, hedonistic exploration by one man. Jake Alexander (a pseudonym for a finance executive) does a lot of flying (first class … maybe business class) and of course has thus met many people – his seat mates. Jake Alexander also… Continue reading
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THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS – Sy Montgomery
This book took me completely by surprise, and in a fantastically good way. First, author Sy Montgomery manages to capture the reader’s attention with the subject matter (octopuses [which is the correct way to write the plural of octopus, and Montgomery explains why]), but she holds the reader with her gentle narrative, which strokes our… Continue reading
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PRESERVING FAMILY RECIPES – Valerie J. Frey
Who would have thought you could write a 300 page book on preserving old recipes? Clearly this book packs in a lot of information on a subject that might not normally demand quite so much material. I initially requested this book because, as the chief cook in my family, I’ve gathered a number of recipes… Continue reading
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INTERPLAY: AN ARTIST’S APPROACH TO SPIRITUALITY – Makram Abu-Shakra
Sometimes, I can’t imagine what possessed me to request a specific book from a publisher, and sometimes I request a book based on the description and the book turns out to be something quite different. In this case, it would be the latter. The Goodreads description calls this a “psychological memoir of a musician, artist,… Continue reading
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TOLKIEN – Devin Brown
Sometimes, what you want from a biography is the basic, most important highlights of someone’s life. Sometimes, the best biography is the simple, straightforward story. I am confident that if I wanted to know everything there is to know about J. R. R. Tolkien that I could find volumes written about him. But what I… Continue reading
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THE WHISPERING SWARM – Michael Moorcock
It has been awhile since I read a Michael Moorcock book, but back in the 1970’s I was quite enamored not just of hs popular Elric series, but his Cornelius books and Eternal Champion books as well. When I saw that there was this new Moorcock book available, I was eager to get in to… Continue reading
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HOMEMADE MAGICK – Lon Milo DuQuette
I feel a little duped by this book. Let me share with you the Goodreads opening description of the book: Sharing the lessons he’s learned from over forty years as a magician and family man, Lon Milo DuQuette reveals his unique point of view about magick–its ups and downs, ins and outs, and how his… Continue reading
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MARTIAN SUMMER – Andrew Kessler
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE What a fantastic concept! Convince NASA/JPL to allow an average joe to sit in on the Phoenix Mars Mission; hanging out with all the brilliant minds (it is, after all, rocket science) and living on ‘Mars time’ just to be able to go home and write a book about it.… Continue reading
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SHADOW WOMAN: THE EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF PAULINE DENTON – Grant Hayter-Menzies
BIOGRAPHY WEEK REVIEWS I knew nothing about Pauline Benton before reading this, but I’ve always had a fascination for puppetry of all sorts, so I thought that a biography of a puppeteer or puppet-master might be interesting. It is! Author Grant Hayter-Menzies clearly has a deep appreciation for Benton’s work and has done extensive research… Continue reading
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COWBOY STUNTMAN: FROM OLYMPIC GOLD TO THE SILVER SCREEN – Dean Smith with Mike Cox
BIOGRAPHY WEEK REVIEWS First, let’s be clear that this is a memoir, and not a biography (or autobiography). What is the difference? A memoir is a collection of selected memories. They don’t always have to be told sequentially, from youngest to oldest (though in this case they are). A biography, on the other hand, is… Continue reading
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STALKED: THE BOY WHO SAID NO: A TRUE-LIFE NOVEL – Patti Sheehy
BIOGRAPHY WEEK REVIEWS **Warning — Potential Spoilers Ahead!** It’s been a little while since my review of The Boy Who Said No, but I had really liked that book and when I was informed that there would be a follow-up, I jumped at the chance to read it and made sure there would be room in my week of… Continue reading
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