Reviews and Comments

Originally added to my queue when it was referenced. In the biography of Blessed Michael J. McGivney's biography. I don't even remebers what the conection was now.

This is a photo intensive essay on the lives of New York City firefighters around the turn of the 20th century.

The book that started it all. It's been a long time since I have seen the movie, some of these stories were familiar, some not. But the book was pretty darn good. Its kind of funny how dis-similar it is to the TV show, what with Hawkeye coming to and leaving Korea in only 18 months. (While he is on TV for how many years?)

Father McClay ass the bead rattling "Dago Red" is pretty hilarious. And "Spearchucker Jones" is a character that just isn't politically correct at any time. Kicking the holy roller out for being a Christian was a differ net idea than I expected, but don't forget that they are the professionals from Dover and they go to Soul to find the Epileptic Whore.

It is a fun fast story. It's no wonder that it was adopted for the screen but had to be changed to fix the medium. Usually the book is better, occasionally the film/show is better, in this case they are both great on their own. Whether you are a fan of the screen adaptation or not, I recommend taking it for a spin.

This one takes a "life story' of a minor character who appeared in one episode of the show. The story of Rugal is of a Cardasian boy whose was orphaned during the Occupation, raised by Bajorrns and on a trip with his adoptive dad to DS9 he was kidnapped and brought back to Cardassia where his birth father was a politician. He fights with his own mortality, identity, tries to just fit in, tries to over though the state, starts a terrorist group and eventually joins the military, while trying to navigate his new country. I can't do this one justice with a simple review, if you love anything about Star Trek, pick this one up

I felt Mash Mania was better written than the ones written by Butterworth, but I still didn't enjoy it that much. It feels like Hooker was trying very hard to say "no, Hawkeye isn't the goody-two-does liberal they show on T.V."

In Spruce Harbor he is a hard right-winger. I don't think I have ever read the N-Word so many times. There were also slurs against Poles, Italians, Natives, and southern whites.

He also speaks poorly against the born-again Christians.

I guess that was supposed to be funny?

My Aunt Maryls gave me this book last December (but not for Christmas?) I started reading it in January and finally finished it now. Really it reminds that one of the things I really love about library books, due dates. So I couldn't give it 5 stars because if it was that great, even without a due date I'd be done by now, oh well. Still pretty good.

basically AJ Jacobs decides he's going to try to take the bible literally (think "don't shave your beard" "don't were mixed fibers" "keep the word of God at your finger tips") in an attempt to mock Christianity.

Jacobs is over Jewish decent but he's "about as Jewish as Olive Garden is Italian" in his own words.

Through the year he really finds God, though he resists the urge to truly become born again (he got damn close with the snake handlers). I think it would be good for mainline Christians who think that evangelicals take things too literally, it is good for evangelicals who think they know everything God has to say, I its good for atheists who see it all as hog wash. But it still leads something that we need to do. It still needs the extra push. To find God in what appears to be ridiculous, and to find ridiculousness in the love of Christ.

The book claims to be humor, thought I didn't find it funny, take that as you like. I still felt it was 4-star worthy.

There were two parts towards the end that were hard for me, circumsing his son, and shaving his beard.

Not extremely memorable. Its standard Evangelical "then I gave my life to Jesus" story. Not bad, just not good