Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
The Fight That Started the Movies - The World Heavyweight Championship, the Birth of Cinema and the First Feature Film by Samuel Hawley (2016) - When you think of the history of the movies you may think of Thomas Edison. You may even remember that the first commercially shown film was by Edison, called "The... Continue Reading →
Legends of Tivara - True Colors of Betrayal by JC Kang (2016) - After defeating the Last Dragon with the power of her singing, Kaiya can only rest briefly before her ailing father sends her off to negotiate with the aggressive Teleri. The task will reunite her with her childhood friend Tian. Neither of them are... Continue Reading →
House of the Rising Sun by James Lee Burke (2015) Hackberry Holland has been a Texas Ranger and a town sheriff among many other things in his life. One of the jobs he did the worst at was being a father. His son is now a grown man and a captain in the U.S.... Continue Reading →
War Against War - The American Fight For Peace 1914-1918 by Michael Kazin - There is a story about the first World War that we are not taught in school. A story about how many Americans did not want to get involved. A story about the group of people who very nearly kept us out... Continue Reading →
The Dragon Charmer (Legends of Tivara, Daughter of the Dragon Throne Book 2) by J.C. Kang (2016) Kaiya, princess and a singer with untapped magical depths, helped to put down a rebellion and awoke a dragon. Now she is just the last unmarried daughter of the emperor. Plots swirl around her, including one that seeks her... Continue Reading →
I have read more science fiction than any other genre of fiction. History would probably be number two overall. I started reading "Tom Swift" and then moved on to Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, Herbert and many others. So I was intrigued when the folks at ABE Books put out a list of 50 "essential" titles in... Continue Reading →
A World Between - Robert M. Herzog (2016 - The Story Plant) - Pieces of the world are disappearing, leaving only blank places that seem to call to people's minds. Through some governmental manipulation, the United Nations Science Missions gets handed the problem. The small team that is assembled to initially take on the question... Continue Reading →
Wish You Were Here by Stewart O'Nan (2002) - Following the death of the family patriarch, the Maxwells must face the major changes coming in their lives. Henry had been the center for them all and now they have no choice to but interact. Three generations journey to Lake Chautauqua for one final summer week... Continue Reading →
Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers (1903) - A young clerk from the English Foreign Office is invited to join a half-forgotten friend from his University days for some sailing in the Baltic Sea. What begins as a break from his boredom in London leads to a plot that puts his nation's safety at... Continue Reading →
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway (1937) Harry Morgan's desires are simple. To captain his boat for tourists who want to go fishing plus whatever other reasonably legal business he can do to support his family. When his luck goes bad he finds himself forced into ever more dangerous jobs with ever mounting... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 