#havana #cubanrevolution #castro #batista #revolutionary #cubanexiles #cubanamericans #blackstoneaudio @ChanelCleeton @KylaVictoria @frankiemcorzo @BerkleyPub While it isn’t unusual for me to give a lot of thought to a book I’m going to review, I think I’ve spent an unusual amount of time […]
#MemorialDay2018 #FallenHeroes #HermanWouk #TheWindsofWar #WarandRemembrance #WW2 #KevinPariseau Today as we remember those who’ve fought and died for our freedom, I’m revisiting (with a bit of editing) a previous review of Herman Wouk’s epic World War 2 novels The Winds of […]
#Rumrunners #RoaringTwenties #AnnHowardCreel #Prohibition @AngelaDaweVoice @audible_com One of the many things that struck me while listening to The Whiskey Sea by Ann Howard Creel is how times have changed. Before you say “Duh,” let me say the story takes place […]
#LipizannerHorses #WorldWar2 #RinglingBrosCircus #GreatestShowOnEarth #Holocaust #MalcolmHillgartner @daniellesteel @RinglingBros @BrillianceAudi1 Back during the summer, I listened to Pegasus by Danielle Steel for two reasons: I had never listened to one of Ms. Steel’s books and I was just in the mood […]
#PTDeutermann #WW2 #PacificGlory #HistoricalFiction #DickHill @BrillianceAudi1 Blogger’s Notation: Because my weekly post falls on Pearl Harbor Day, a date on which we mark a pivotal point in our history, and because the events of December 7, 1941, are featured in […]
#PTDeutermann #WW2 #PacificGlory #HistoricalFiction #DickHill @BrillianceAudi1 Today I’m doing something I actually intended to do last year and, as time has a way of doing, it sped past me and Memorial Day was upon me before I knew it. This […]
Mortality is life’s way of teaching how to love. During my years of nursing, as most nurses, I will always remember the difficult patients. The ones that were demeaning, belligerent, the ones whose name when mentioned during report, were […]
While the Lord John Grey series by author Diana Gabaldon is not as celebrated as her Outlander series, I really like these books because I really like Lord John Grey, flaws and all. What I love about the Lord John […]
Excerpt He tipped his chair forward on two legs, bringing himself closer to her. She held her ground. He was close enough to kiss her. He braced his elbows on his knees, the bottle dangling from his fingers, his ice-grey […]
