Book Review
I’m becoming a real fan of Brandon Mull. He writes some of the most mature mid-grade children’s fiction out there–and by “mature” I don’t mean “pushing the envelope.” I mean he assumes his readers are reasonably intelligent, and doesn’t go for the easy cliche just because he can get away with it. (There’s a writers [...]
Continue reading about Book Review: The Candy Shop War – by Brandon Mull
I mentioned recently meeting published author Tyler Whitesides. This is his book. It took awhile to get to it (we were reading The Hobbit first), but I finally read it to my kids (at least the one who didn’t get impatient and read it already). Now I’m ready to review it. This is what they call a mid-grade children’s book, aimed at [...]
Continue reading about Book Review: Janitors – Tyler Whitesides
As a business-owner of sorts I am very interested in new findings in business and leadership. I recently was recently talking to my brother about my company and how we need a guiding vision going forward from our first successful year. He recommended “Great By Choice” as a book he had recently read and thoroughly [...]
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I will admit to not having paid much attention to Donald Rumsfeld when he was part of the Bush cabinet. I thought he was a bit more pithy than some, but really had no opinion about him specifically. By the time I really started paying attention to what was going on in Washington he had already [...]
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I first became familiar with Orson Scott Card, as most people did, through “Ender’s Game” during the 1980′s. I was an instant–but not solid–fan. I found very quickly that my appreciation for Card was not unconditional. He is a very thoughtful, imaginative storyteller–the title he choses for himself–but I can’t say I like all of [...]
Continue reading about Book Review: Ender in Exile, by Orson Scott Card