When The Game Was Ours by Larry Bird and Earvin Magic Johnson with Jackie MacMullen For Boston sports fans growing up in the 1980s, nothing was bigger than the Celtics vs. the Lakers. The nearly two decades that have passed since the retirement of their franchise players has left this Generation X-er sorely missing Larry…
We’ll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin’ Show-biz Saga by Paul Shaffer As a longtime Late Night/Late Show with David Letterman fan, Paul Shaffer’s memoir was a must-read for me. And while he shares plenty of great behind-the-scenes stories about this now 28-year stint in late night television, Shaffer offers a…
One of our good friends passed on recently. He was a loyal library patron and an avid reader of non-fiction. True crime was his favorite, but he enjoyed any book that taught him something new. He submitted many written reviews of the books he read. Here are few excerpts. We’ll miss you RA! The Poet…
I was absolutely thrilled today when I stopped by Deanna Raybourn’s blog and discovered that she had won the 2008 RITA* for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements. As Read This! followers surely know, Deanna is much beloved in these parts, and her books are ever popular recommendations. {You haven’t read them yet? Well…Stop by…