Book Reviews

It’s been a number of years since I’ve flipped open the pages of any work done by Ayn Rand. But the lessons and philosophy that create the foundations for many of her books have stayed with me and guided a lot of my decisions since then, so I wanted to spend today’s post analyzing The … Read more

This Monkey Wrench Gang synopsis will provide a brief overview of the book’s plot and include a discussion of a few of the book’s major themes. Disclosure: In the immediate months following the original publication of The Monkey Wrench Gang there was a serious national conversation. Those of you who decide to read it will eventually … Read more

It was William Nicholson who said, “We read to know we’re not alone.” While I know this to be true, I also know we all feel alone at times. I also know each one of us is going through our own journey and that we each have preferences for how to spend our free time. … Read more

Creating a book from a journal isn’t a new concept. The hard part is actually sticking to a daily journaling scheduling and making sure you actually record your thoughts as you’re experiencing. For me, there has really only been one period in my life when I was able to journal every day for a continued … Read more

Rabbit Boss by Thomas Sanchez truly is a lost American classic. I just finished this 550-page masterpiece and I’m still struggling a bit to make sense of it all. But I hope that by exploring some of my biggest takeaways with you I’ll be able to sort through the lessons and share my awe with … Read more

I’m not sure how it took me so long to discover Edward Abbey. Now, I feel like every environmentally-related college class should include some of his work in their required reading. But, on the other hand, I wouldn’t rush to classify Abbey’s work as scholastic as much as I’d categorize it as fun, fast-paced, opinionated, … Read more

Most of you have probably seen the movie. Some of you may have already read the book that the movie was based on. I’ll admit Johnny Depp did a masterful job in the movie and I sometimes have a hard time imagining how Hunter S. Thompson actually was in real life. But Fear and Loathing … Read more