Yeah, this review kind of sums up what I expected to find and why I won't mind missing it. I'll check it out if it comes up as an audiobook on Hoopla.
As a historian, I will rarely give a general or popular history more than 3 stars. Much the same way I will never say 'an historian'. And no matter the amount of research that goes into popular history, it hardly ever seems to merit so much praise. And that is because it answers no questions, asks no new questions, puts forth none of its own theories, and has no one singular hypothesis. This book, although a fantastic, sweeping history of the Comanche, it is not a work to be discussed as academic history.
The most irritating part of the book is...
A candid autobiography. His voice comes through very well. Learned some cool stuff about Willie. He has lived an imperfect but admirable life. I also think it's pretty hilarious that he got banned for life from the Bahamas because he had some weed in his pocket and a few days later smoked weed on top of the White House.
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly - Anthony Bourdain.
Really funny book about his climb to the top of the restaurant world.
Makes you sad that such a cool personality is gone.
Finished Shirer's book about Third Reich
Now Chernow's Titan
Walden.
I wish I read this as a young man.
I've been reading Blackhawk Down for some time now and need to wrap it up. Next up is "Panzram: A Journal Of Murder".
"Milk is for babies. When you grow up, you have to drink beer" -Arnold
I've read more books in the last month than i've read in like 2 years. Finished this one the other day:
We had a new statue/shrine installed in our Church just a couple of months ago of Blessed Father Stanley Rother. There are several members of the Rother family in our Parish, which is a 15-20 minute drive from his home Parish.
The statue is very well done, and includes a 1st-class Relic. A piece of his rib bone in this case.
I've been trying to post pictures with this post for over a week now, but for some reason it won't post them after going through the upload process. Hopefully Davii can figure it out.
That's awesome. I'll be interested to see the center or some such thing that they're planning on building for him.
Anyone ever read any China Mieville? Just bought Perdido Street Station. I think I might love it.
In the middle of this stupid trilogy that's annoying but too good to stop. NK Jemison. Or JK Nemison. I can't remember. Some novel ideas. Won the Hugo 3 consecutive years...still...jury is out for me.
I was looking forward to Stephenson's new book, but it's getting poo-poo'ed in reviews. Doesn't mean I won't like it.
On a side note, I heard that Rothfuss's novel just went to print.
A heads up since we talked about this book in here once, the recently released bio of Ulysses Grant is on sale for the kindle. $1.99.
Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
Really gritty, fun science fiction.
It's the first in a long series so I'm glad I'm enjoying it.
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