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Kevin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kevin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Kevin J. Shay
Goodreads Author
Born
in Washington, D.C., The United States
Website
Genre
Influences
Member Since
August 2014
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/kevin_j_shay
More books by Kevin J. Shay…
The Importance of Not Getting Sucked in by Major Media Lists
On first trip to Quebec City, a Time magazine recommendation didn’t quite work out
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My son and I met Rick Ankiel during the 2018 MLB All-Star Game fanfest. I remember asking him about what he thought of two-way player Ohtani, and he gave a thoughtful answer. I didn't know everything about his story, such as how good he was coming ou ...more |
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Kevin Shay
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Less Beaten Paths of America:
Interesting book! I took a long trip myself with my two kids in 2013, almost 7,000 miles in less than 17 days. I am making a list of long road trips and would like to include this - check the info in the working list at https://kevinjshay44.medium.com/list-of-longest-road-trips-e93ec07c372f to make sure it's accurate. Do you want to include the vehicle you drove? Let me know. BTW I grew up in Dallas, went to LH High.
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| Excellent, detailed account of an epic family road trip right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Great photos and nice stops, really liked Carhenge and Sebastopol and the art made of recycled parts. We had a great road trip in 2013, as described in It ...more | |
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Kevin Shay
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20 other people
liked
Kat Trina's review
of
1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List:
"Alternate titles for this book could include:
1000 Self-Important Places to Fall Asleep Travel Guide for Schmucks with Money and No Imagination 800 Rich People's Houses and Overpriced Hotels, Plus Another Couple Hundred of The Most Obvious and Overrated" Read more of this review » |
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Kevin Shay
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Jayne Cravens's review
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1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List:
"If you love luxury hotels, you will love this book. Otherwise - if you are looking for the places in the world to see before you die, look at UNESCO's ever-growing list of heritage sites, which isn't quite to 1000 yet, but will be in just a few years"
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Kevin Shay
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Ann’s review
of
1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List
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I agree. And the concept that your life is somehow inadequate if you don't travel to many of these places is ludicrous.
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“That’s the key to walking through the Wall.... You have to first see it as not being a Wall, even though everyone you know still sees it as a Wall.”
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“A rising sun died in America and the world on Nov. 22, 1963. Some say that we have never again seen such a rising sun in the sky as we did that morning. Even if it was cloudy or raining that day, the country and world were more innocent and optimistic at that moment than they have been since then. Some say that a piece of all of us – the hope that helps us get through another day - died that day. Others say the act just opened the eyes of many about what the U.S. government and other governments had done in our names for a long time.”
― Death of the Rising Sun: A Search for Truth in the JFK Assassination
― Death of the Rising Sun: A Search for Truth in the JFK Assassination
“The moon, almost full, shines high in the sky in front of me. I roll down the window and rest my arm on top of the door frame. The night air blowing in softly through the open window feels cool on my face. For the moment, all seems right with the world.”
― It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Trip: On the Road of the Longest Two-Week Family Road Trip in History
― It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Trip: On the Road of the Longest Two-Week Family Road Trip in History
“That’s the key to walking through the Wall.... You have to first see it as not being a Wall, even though everyone you know still sees it as a Wall.”
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“Make sure you control the radio on a long road trip. You don't want to listen to some old-fashioned music the whole time.”
― It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Trip: On the Road of the Longest Two-Week Family Road Trip in History
― It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Trip: On the Road of the Longest Two-Week Family Road Trip in History
