He never graduated high school. He laid brick and cinder blocks for a living. Sometimes he pointed out houses and other buildings he had worked on. He used to tell me, "I worked hard, very hard." He started reading seriously as a young boy. He knew a lot about history and geography. When I knew him he read mainly fiction. He liked most kinds of popular novels but especially ones that were...
After owning probably a dozen laptop PC’s over the years I decided to try a NacBook Pro instead. My reasons: heat death: my laptops die heat death way too often. Macs run cooler. power cord: I’ve lost 2 laptops in the last two years to power plug issues. My kingdom for a 50 [...] Related posts: Review: Assassin’s Apprentice Review: Kindle 2 Historical Fiction: Leon Uris
The first "grown-up" novel I ever read was Exodus , by Leon Uris. Like most of you, I graduated early from what we used to call juvenile fiction; I had just turned ten and entered fifth grade when my mother subscribed to Book-of-the-Month Club and began passing leftovers to me. In belated gratitude I have asked St. Peter to assign her a comfortable chair, with reading lamp, in a quiet corner...
It's the greatest feeling when someone comes across an old blog post in which you've asked a question - and answers it! Yesterday I received a nice although, sadly, anonymous comment on a blog post I wrote about a musical based on the Leon Uris novel Exodus , titled Ari . The show opened on Broadway in January 1971 and closed a couple weeks later. Uris adapted his 1958 bestseller for the stage and...
Mondoweiss blog supports McCarthyism Jack Ross has posted a bizarre column at the blog Mondoweiss in which he argues in favor of McCarthyism, the Hollywood blacklist and the imprisonment of the Hollywood Ten. His reasons are a bit confused. He writes that the Hollywood 10 got exactly what they had coming: the Communists made Hollywood into the most ruthless war propaganda machine in history. A lot...
The Misadventures of Super_Librarian (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Dear Romance Bloglandia, Yes, it's me. Your Auntie Super Librarian. I've been putting off writing this letter for sometime, mostly because I couldn't seem to arrange my thoughts in a coherent manner. However, today it all seemed to gel, and I think it's time we sit down to have a chat. I'm tired. I'm tired of the same, old, tired ass flame wars. I'm tired of reader bloggers talking about "business,"...
I would have respected Tarantino more had he made a film about real Jews who desperately fought to defend themselves against the Nazis, such as the Polish Jews in the Warsaw ghetto who were memorialized in Leon Uris's Mila 18 , rather than a film about murderous imaginary ones : In the genre-blurring tale, Pitt plays Lieutenant Aldo Raine who heads the squad of Jewish-American soldiers behind enemy...
As the world debates the opening episode of Mad Men 's third season on AMC, online readers can learn how to read read like Don Draper . The Daily Beast featured a number of classic books that make cameo appearances in the intricate sets on Mad Men . The show has featured "Exodus" by Leon Uris , "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand , and "The Agony and the Ecstasy" by Irving Stone...
W ednesday was a long and productive day. My physician, Claudette, came by my house at 9:30 AM and was so excited about the progress I have made toward good health that she literally danced around my living room! I am now off of another prescription drug! I am walking much better, although I still need to carry a walking stick, "just in case." I almost jumped up and joined Claudette in her...
It's time for great books challenge part 2! You can read all about part 1 here . As a reminder, we'll tell you the answers at the end, so feel free to keep guessing on the first two lists as well. So tell us, who do you think we've got today and which books do you love and hate from these lists? Be sure to give us your lists in the comments! DGLM-er #3: Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray F. Scott...
Shaking Off Six Decades Of Deceit A beguiling combination of manipulated beliefs and outright lies remain at the core of the US-Israeli 'special relationship'. The deceit deployed to advance the Zionist project remains obscured by a pro-Israeli bias in media and reinforced by pro-Israeli influence in popular culture. By Jeff Gates. First Published 2009-08-09, Last Updated 2009-08-09 11:08:12 Courtesy...
I don't read much young adult genre work, so could not say about length. But generally, literary fiction is also getting shorter -- compared to say Dickens, or Exodus by Leon Uris or Aztec by Gary Jennings (which I am reading now) which is a bit like the first edition of Les Miserables -- I skipped all the chapters that weren't story (alternate chapters are essays -- Victor Hugo was a committed commentator...
Ten Books I Want To Read Again The title link takes you to Lexington Green's list, five of which I have (surprisingly) read. But, like you, I have my own list of formative books that I would like to reread. I'll begin listing them, but doubt I'll reach ten. (I did) “ Treasure Island (Unabridged Classics) Robert Louis Stevenson A year after I received this book for Christmas, I got around to...
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