

My Effin’ Life, Geddy Lee
I am a GenX white male… therefore the music of the band Rush is part of my DNA. I think it’s one of the commandments bestowed on us by...


American Ramble, Neil King Jr
Neil set out with a wonder stirred by sickness (cancer). A jolt of fear had opened a seam of freedom, and he slipped through. He went out...


1964 Eyes of the Storm, Paul McCartney
I didn’t think the library would have this but much to my pleasant surprise, there it was in the new book section. The first one to check...


Hard Revolution, George Pelecanos
Book 4 of the Derek Strange series. George takes us back to Strange when he was a rookie cop back in D.C. in 1968. The year the town...


Somebody Told Me, Rick Bragg
Selected newspaper stories from Bragg… mostly from his period with the NY Times in the 1990s. What is nice about newspaper stories… they...


Hold Still, Sally Mann
I had never previously heard of Sally Mann. I picked up the book because she is from Lexington, Va, right down the road, and the idea of...


Through the Wilderness, Brad Orsted
This one was a heartbreaker. The author’s fifteen-month-old daughter died mysteriously while at the home of his Mother. Understandably,...


Soul Circus, George Pelecanos
Book 3 of the Derek Strange series. Strange and Quinn start off where the last book in the series ended. Strange is helping a local drug...


Hell to Pay, George Pelecanos
All right then, Pelecanos has got me hooked on Derek Strange and Terry Quinn. I must read the entire series. Book 2 follows a team of...


Right as Rain, George Pelecanos
The brilliant writer and author behind one of the best series in the history of TV, The Wire, introduces us, in the first of a series, to...