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I'm thoroughly enjoying my journey into Paul McCartney's creative mind.

The two volumes add up to 154 songs and nearly 900 pages. I listen to each song before I read his backstory.

This reading project may take a couple of months, but the experience is worth it for me!

“Florida has also become a metaphor for unplanned growth, sprawl, congestion, and automobile dependence—a vast blob of indistinguishable suburban developments loosely coupled to cities that are congested warrens of concrete, glass, and steel and devoid of vernacular appeal.”

That about sums it up! :)

“Let me in on some of the secrets,” I say. “Why me? Why my father? Why baseball?” Drifting Away stares at the sky for a few seconds before replying. “Baseball is the one single thing the white man has done right.”

(This is a direct quote from the book and not necessarily my opinion!)

My Gene Hackman fascination began with his portrayal of Lex Luthor in the 1970’s....... Not only is he the greatest actor of all time but he co-writes historical fiction about the Civil War!

"I think it's fair to say that Ebenezer's members believe that simply expressing compassion for the hardships and struggles faced by others is insufficient. Compassion must be coupled with action. Without some component of direct action, or intervention, compassion by itself is at worst meaningless to the person in need, and at best, it is simply unfulfilling in terms of serving the person's real needs."

I am utterly amused that Bob Lincoln’s nickname while attending Harvard was “The Prince of Rails” in deference to the railsplitting image of his then-presidential candidate father.

You think about the microscope society puts on descendants of the Kennedys and Bushes and I can’t help but wonder what it was like to be Abraham Lincoln’s only offspring to survive into adulthood. I’m completely fascinated by the story of Bob Lincoln.

As I zoom past the halfway point, I realize I have absolutely nothing in common whatsoever with Burt Reynolds! Nevertheless I am enjoying his story and reading about him spending time in areas of Palm Beach County that are familiar to me.

I found this at a used book store up the coast in Oregon last winter not knowing he would die just months later. Seems like a great time to read it, now. I’m bummed I never once ran into him despite the last 11 years of living in the same town.

I'm taking a helluva long time to read this one! Clearly he knew he was going to be famous from a young age because the detail in his memoirs is remarkable. I'm finally up to the beginning of 1994, his first term, and enjoying the walk down memory lane of events that happened in my own youth.

“Instead of speaking softly and carrying a big stick,” said TR in Louisville, “President Wilson spoke bombastically and carried a dishrag.”

LOL.

I’ve visited every inch of my home state, or so I thought. After reading just the first nine pages, I’m convinced I’ve gotta take some more day trips to see all these oddities Craig Pittman is writing about. :)

And for the question that is on everybody’s mind......... On page 12...... It was a cherry tree, not an apple tree!

I loved the movie, just dying to find out what the book was like and what Truman Capote really intended.

I felt like I had a front row seat for this epic Braves-Twins World Series, having been a junior at Emory University and watching the Atlanta Braves rebuild in my backyard. Great to rekindle some forgotten memories.

So I read this exactly thirty years ago as a high school junior. Let’s see how it goes the second time!

This is taking forever and I don't know when I'll be able to start my next book! Nevertheless, it is worth the two months or so it's going to take me. :)

This is gonna take a while........ :)

This is written by the late Richard Harwell. Guess who his brother is? And they both went to Emory University.

Herman Wouk is one of my very favorite authors. I know very little about him aside from his books and I look forward to this more candid offering of his at age 100! Must be a remarkable man to have written those incredible books and to have lived so long.

The first thirty pages, about John Lewis's upbringing and his hometown, were a bit too thorough and detailed for me. I admit to skipping through parts of it. The real seeds of revolution were planted as he went to high school and college and the book started reading itself. I am reading with goosebumps about the Freedom Riders and all the preparation and sacrifice that led them to change our country forever.

I can't remember the last time it took me this long to get through a book! What keeps me going? Dickensian gems like this........

"Affection, mature affection, homage, devotion, does not easily express itself. Its voice is low. It is modest and retiring, it lies in ambush, waits and waits. Such is the mature fruit. Sometimes a life glides away, and finds it still ripening in the shade."