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December 10, 2007
More on Books
The last two entries have been about friends of mine who have written books and had them published. In those entries, while I provided links for the books, I failed to provide anything in the way of meaningful review. There were four reasons for this:
- I didn't want the meaningful-review portion to get lost in the general-babbling portion of the post.
- I don't write reviews well.
- I write meaningful things even less well.
- I know the guys so you might think I'm biased (and well, I am).
Let me start by saying that if I didn't like one of the books I wouldn't have said anything about it at all, biased or not. I'm the kind of guy that hopes a person has a cute baby because there is no way I'd be able to provide a sincere "ooh ... look how cute" if the baby lacks cuteness. Fortunately, I think Winston Churchill was a cute guy and as many babies look like Winnie, I normally have comfortable new-baby experiences.
Let me say next that I've not finished either book. The one big flaw with both of them is that they are not in a format that allows me to carry them around on my PDA. They're paperback and, as I don't want either to get torn up, because I treasure things my friends have done, I read them only when I'm at home or work.
There we are.
In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars: Can be purchased from Amazon by following that link. You can also read (as I type this) four reviewer comments that are all favorable; Dave from Blogography has left a WADLL blog comment saying he liked the book as well. Regarding the reviewer comments, I was just a little disappointed that none of the insane-death-threat senders had anything to say about the book; I guess they're hesitant to buy it as it is unlike the graphic novels they so often favor.
The Heart of the Panthers: Is available from Jeff Kirby Books. The Heart of the Panthers had my interest from the very beginning. It takes place in a part of Ohio I'm very familiar with and during a time I have fond memories of (or of which I have fond memories). I recognize some of the characters by name and if I were any sort of sports fan I think I'd know a lot more of them.
As I read through it I can hear Jeff's voice in my head; so far he hasn't told me to knock anybody on their butt or to stay away from his siblings.
Not really in-depth reviews, I know.
But I do like and recommend both books.
Posted by delmer at December 10, 2007 8:43 AM