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Poetry Review The Trouble with Poetry - And Other Poems By Billy Collins I did not buy this book of poetry. I say that not to distance myself from it or poetry in general. I state it simply as a point of fact. I've written before that I am a genre reader. I like my … Continue reading Poetry Review – The Trouble with Poetry
Book Review God Save the Child Robert B. Parker I have fond memories of Robert B. Parker,of which I have written before. His second Spenser novel, God Save the Child, did not transport me as The Godwulf Manuscript did. That is not to say I liked it less. I simply had no memory of it. … Continue reading Book Review – God Save the Child
Book Review The Escape By David Baldacci I think that I've mentioned this before, but just in case you're not one of the 3 people that read this blog, including my mom (and yes, mom, it's ok that you leave comments - my friends won't mind), I generally read science fiction. So this is a … Continue reading Book Review – The Escape
Book Review Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion By Robert Cialdini Image thanks to amazon.com I’m not a marketer; I have avoided it, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. 14 years ago, I started an MBA program, mostly because my salary was stagnant. This makes sense when your undergraduate degree is in Comparative Literature with a minor … Continue reading Book Review — Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion
Book Review Ancillary Justice By Anne Leckie Image thanks to Wikipedia Back to genre for me and reading. After spending some time in mystery and then in horror, and then in mystery again, it was time for me to dive back into scifi. Time to satisfy my itch. I had high hopes for Ancillary Justice. … Continue reading Book Review- Ancillary Justice
image thanks to amazon.com Books Review (more than one) The Odd Thomas Sequels by Dean Koontz Odd Thomas is a great character. The original story was well crafted. It took the reader in unexpected directions. This is partly because the character and the world was new. That's what makes origin stories so fun, and sequels … Continue reading Odd Thomas Sequels
Book Review - sort of The Godwulf Manuscript By Robert B. Parker Published 1973 Fair warning - this is not a typical book review; it is subjective as hell, more remembrance than review. I've written before about my relationship with reading. Like any love story, there are both struggles and fond memories. Robert B. Parker … Continue reading Book Review – The Godwulf Manuscript
Book Review The Shallows By Nicholas Carr Some good books get you thinking, they set you to talking and discussing. Other good books transport you. Still others are tomes of knowledge. A good friend of mine and I have been conversing about reading a bit lately. I have a complicated history with reading. My friend's … Continue reading Book Review – The Shallows
I’ve always had a complicated relationship with reading. I’m not a fast reader. I only read between 350 and 400 words a minute. The average college student reads 450. Many of my good friends are much faster. I admit to some feelings of inferiority. Some of my fondest memories of reading are C.S. Lewis. Until … Continue reading Reading
Book Review Turn the Ship Around! By David Marquet https://bsdonovan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/turntheshiparound1.jpg I am biased. I should state this from the start. I chose this book because everything I read about it spoke to my beliefs in how organizations should be managed. I am almost genetically predisposed to write a positive review of this book. In that, … Continue reading Book Review – Turn the Ship Around!
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