Archive for the 'Books' Category


The Nebraska Book

“Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska”: https://tinyurl.com/2vyfav58 It’s not the book I thought it would be. And that’s a good thing. I thought it would be a detailed explanation of each and every track on “Nebraska,” whereas it’s a snapshot of Bruce more than the work. In the vernacular, it’s about […]

The Guest

https://tinyurl.com/ycxfxfye This is one of the creepiest books I’ve ever read. To the point where I constantly had to stop reading it, even though I was enjoying it, it just heightened my anxiety and made me squirm. But it’s not horror, it’s not a thriller. Ostensibly it’s about the lives of the different classes, but […]

Traffic

“Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral”: https://amzn.to/41zXBPb This is not the book I thought it would be. And I don’t advise you read it. I don’t see why anybody would read it. I thought it would be an insight into virality, how something spreads in today’s marketplace. Instead, it’s […]

Hello Beautiful

https://amzn.to/3VAp3Lr It’s an Oprah book. But that’s not why I read it. Every Sunday I scan the “New York Times” book section to see what interests me, and a story of four sisters does. Family, personalities, relationships, ultimately they’re all that matter. You might be interested in the big game, business, but that never comprises […]