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by Alexei Novalny A HERO LIKE FEW OTHERS Alexei Navalny started writing his memoir shortly after his non-fatal poisoning while aboard an airplane which severely disabled him in 2020. He accounts aspects of his life from his youth to his activism of challenging the Russian people to resist their corrupt authoritarian government and his convictionContinue reading “PATRIOT”

by Isable Allende Historical Fiction

Published in 2015, this was my second venture into author Anita Diamant, the first being “The Red Tent.’ You won’t find many similarities between these two books, with “The Red Tent” set in historical biblical times and this book about the life of Addie Baum, born in Boston in 1900 to Russian-Jewish immigrant “Old World”Continue reading “A Favorite Historical Fiction”

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS AND THE FIFTH AGREEMENT are #370 and #384 in my book Journey in the Non Fiction category. I find a lot of self-help books to be preachy, strict and unyielding. However, Ruiz takes these philosophies from an ancient Toltec wisdom that is remarkedly fresh for our time. It “advocates freedom from self-limitingContinue reading “TWO BOOKS TO HELP US LIVE OUR BEST LIFE”

315. OVERNIGHT CODE by Paige Bowers and David R. Montague, Biography “The inspiring story of a groundbreaking African American engineer who created the first computer-designed ship for the U.S. Navy.” Now THAT got my attention!  Raye Montague grew up in segregated Little Rock and what she couldn’t learn in school she taught herself. During theContinue reading “A Biography You Will Learn From and Enjoy!”

It’s really hard to avoid the news. Sometimes I want it and other times it overwhelms me. When I see how divided our country is and how it is … HOW SURVIVALISTS and ANARCHISTS BROUGHT ME TO THREE BOOKS

This little journey of having a website to share my book journey has just about made me pull my hair out. My Book List was one long list and getting close to 300 book reviews. Then everything CRASHED! My server or the web company or both couldn’t handle all that data. It DISAPPEARED on me!Continue reading “I’m Lucky to Have Hair Left!”