book reviews
Book Review: “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer
In the summer of 1990, Christopher McCandless donated all of his $25,000 in savings to charity, gave away most of his possessions and all of his cash, and left for a singular, solo adventure, never to be heard from again by those who loved him. That is, until his decomposed body was found in the [...] Continue →
Book Review: Shutter Island
Vacations are usually great for many things, but part of it is the airplane flight in which, if you are lucky, you find a good book to pass the time. Luck was on my side this past vacation to the surprisingly pretty state of Texas (at least the eastern side). Scott who blogs over on [...] Continue →
AML Book Review: “On the Road”
“On the Road” written by Jack Kerouac is considered one of the top 100 books in American Literature from 1923-2005. On the Road essentially defined the post-war Beat Generation, which is really something I didn’t know much about. The book itself was written in 1951 over a three-week, sweat-ridden type-fest. Kerouac wrote non-stop and in [...] Continue →