Blood, Sweat, and Tea: Real-Life Adventures in an Inner-City Ambulance by Tom Reynolds My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s been several years since I’ve read Tom Reynolds blog Random Reality. I remember following his page and reading all his posts about his job as an EMT in London. I…
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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins My rating: 5 of 5 stars I can’t believe how drawn in I was by Paula Hawkins thriller The Girl on The Train. It only took me a matter of days to power through the entire book, the bulk of which was…
The New American Road Trip Mixtape by Brendan Leonard My rating: 2 of 5 stars Having raced through Brendan Leonard’s The New American Road Trip Mixtape, I finish it slightly disappointed. I’m not sure if it is just me or what, but I feel I missed what was supposed to…
Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time by Michael Perry My rating: 3 of 5 stars Finished up Michael Perry’s Population 485 a few days ago while camping with my daughter over Spring Break. I must say that I’m pretty happy with the book overall. Having read…
After finding this data on my Goodreads account for 2020, I’ve decided to come back and publish details dating back to 2012, the year I started logging my reading to Goodreads. My Year in Books – 2015 on Goodreads. Books read: 11 Total pages read: 3,333 Average book length: 303…
I started reading John Muir’s The Mountains of California a few weeks ago. I must say that getting into this book has been difficult. I entered into the book expecting to hear sage words of wisdom from possibly THE individual solely responsible for the creation of the modern National Park…
I’ve been trying to read more lately and have been met with limited success. Some books I can race through in a matter of hours while others I toil through over the course of months. More and more during my reading I’ve tried to be mindful of passages that strike…
Hey Ranger! True Tales of Humor & Misadventure from America’s National Parks by Jim Burnett My rating: 3 of 5 stars Just wrapped up Jim Burnett’s Hey Ranger!, and overall I’m mixed on it. I think my biggest mistake is having read this book immediately following Ranger Confidential. Ranger Confidential…
Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks by Andrea Lankford My rating: 4 of 5 stars Just finished up Andrea Lankford’s book Ranger Confidential. After having spent so much time this summer in out National Parks I thought it would be interesting to read about an insider’s…
The Hydra Protocol by David Wellington My rating: 4 of 5 stars Just finished up with David Wellington’s Jim Chapel follow-up Hydra Protocol. After reading Chimera, I expected this book to continue with a more other worldly or supernatural theme. I was surprised when it didn’t. Wellington choose to move…