Brothers Grimm! Kiss my butt.

`Story time rewrite. The original version of the story just does not work. The rough edges need some buffing and sanding down in order to present it responsibly to your grandchildren. Kids today just could never go for guts and gore. So, sanitizing the original story is most necessary. But all of this is dependentContinue reading “Brothers Grimm! Kiss my butt.”

My Book Report.

Book Report. So here you have two parentless Irish immigrant kids arriving in a new country, a run-away slave seeking freedom, and a California gold mining man from China. All looking for a new life or hopefully new opportunities in the expanding land called America. Experiencing both success and hardship. Some traveling on, working for,Continue reading “My Book Report.”

Book Report, bestseller.

Book Report Even though this book comes in print and E-book version, the audio book is most entertaining. The young lady/voice actor gives this book a third dimension along with a little bit of Technicolor. None the less, it can be found in print if you wish. Twenty-five-year-old Molly Gray or as some call herContinue reading “Book Report, bestseller.”

Not certain of the ending yet.

I am reading a book. A book titled Black, White, and the Grey. It’s about a New York white guy who wants to establish his own restaurant in Georgia. A restaurant cheffed by a black woman. A black woman who lives in New York but the two of them establishes a restaurant in Savanna, Georgia.Continue reading “Not certain of the ending yet.”

Probably the most important Book Report ever.

This book report is about the iconic and most cherished comic strip that influenced more lives than all the entire Sunday Funnies combined. Peanuts. At least that’s what I think. This is a compellation of essays from authors, journalist, and cartoonist. And what the Charles M. Schulz Peanuts comic strip meant to them in theirContinue reading “Probably the most important Book Report ever.”

The stranger in the life boat.

Book report. I try to stay away from religious stories advertised as a novel. However this story caught my attention because of its event filled narrative. A book that grabs your wavering faith. What is truth? What is fiction. What does this author know that others seem to ignore? This is not one of thoseContinue reading “The stranger in the life boat.”

Book Report.

She doesn’t wait for you to ask. She’ll ask you first. This is the usual approach by former NBC Today co-host Katie Couric. Unabashed and not restrained by convention or social protocol. When she met her future husband she didn’t wait for him to approach her. She walked up to Jay Monahan and asked himContinue reading “Book Report.”

Yet another Book Report.

This must be the year of the dog. Rick Bragg Pulitzer prize winner when writing for the New York Times. Bragg a Folksy story teller has recently written a book about a scrubby dog he found wandering around his mother’s rural Alabama home. Then he decided to keep the dog against the advice of hisContinue reading “Yet another Book Report.”

Blind guy reading the Newspaper.

Yes, I am blind and like to read the newspaper and books as well. Millions of blind folks such as me read the newspaper by phone almost daily. We all have access to a dial-up newspaper service called Newsline for the blind. Accessing by phone hundreds of national and international newspapers. But to bring realismContinue reading “Blind guy reading the Newspaper.”

Holy cow! More books to read.

If you are into dog rescue… If you are into Christmas… If you are into murder mystery… Here is a book series for you. They are called the Andy Carpenter Mysteries by David Rosenfelt. The Andy Carpenter character is a successful trial lawyer with bags of cash in his bank account. His first love isContinue reading “Holy cow! More books to read.”