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Review – Family Album

Posted on 2023-09-072023-09-07 By RB

Yes, I’ve been reading a lot of books lately. The hot weather is keeping in indoors, so I’m making the best of it and working through the stack of unread books on my nightstand. This latest read, Family Album, by Gabriela Aleman, was definitely worth my time. It was an…

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Review – The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

Posted on 2023-08-10 By RB

Everyone is familiar with Vincent van Gogh. Not only his great paintings like Starry Night, but also the mythos of the man. We’ve all heard about him cutting his ear off in a manic passion or that he never sold any of his art while he was alive. And yes,…

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My Love of Vinyl Albums

Posted on 2023-08-03 By RB

Albums hold a special place in my heart. It’s a love affair that began when I was a wee lad and has continued unabated for nearly fifty years. What’s not to love about them? Okay, scratches and skipping needles. I’ll give you that. But outside of poor album care, there…

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Review – Novelist as a Vocation

Posted on 2023-07-26 By RB

Yes, I’m reviewing another book by Haruki Murakami. This time it’s one of his non-fiction books, Novelist as a Vocation. It’s no secret I’m a fan of his fiction, but this is the first of his non-fiction books I’ve taken the time to read. I picked up this copy from StrandBook.com,…

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Virtual Reality Reading Experience

Posted on 2023-07-05 By RB

So, apparently, there are virtual reality devices being developed for the sole purpose of reading books. They are akin to headsets like the Meta Quest and Valve Index, but instead of playing games, you read virtual books.  I’m not sure what the developers are trying to accomplish with this. We…

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Review – The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg

Posted on 2023-06-29 By RB

Robert Silverberg is an author who shouldn’t need an introduction. But, for those who aren’t regular readers of science fiction, I’ll give you a very brief rundown. All you need to know is that he’s been writing professionally for over sixty years, he’s won the Hugo Award four times, the…

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Fear Mongering and Art

Posted on 2023-06-14 By RB

I tend to shy away from politically-themed content. However, there’s a growing trend here in the U.S. where book banning and censorship of artistic self-expression is becoming the norm. Every day I read about another book title or another author’s works being pulled from library shelves. And it’s not just…

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Review – First Person Singular

Posted on 2023-06-07 By RB

It seems I’ve been on a first-person kick lately. Despite the similarity in titles, Haruki Murakami’s First Person Singular is a very different collection of short stories than the last one I last read. In First Person Peculiar, the focus was strictly on speculative and science-fiction. Murakami’s stories are more…

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Review – First Person Peculiar

Posted on 2023-05-11 By RB

Not only do I enjoy writing short stories, but I love to read them. To me, reading a good collection of short stories is like opening a treasure chest filled with gems. One of my most recent reads, First Person Peculiar by Mike Resnick, is one of those rare chests…

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The Sanitizing of Classic Stories [Books]

Posted on 2023-04-11 By RB

If you’ve taken a look at my reading list, you’ve seen that I like to read classics a few times a year. I find that reading these older novels and short stories provides me with perspective and new ideas. They are like snapshots of the time in which they were…

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