Sunday, October 1 – Saturday, October 7 This Week Underground: This week started underneath Cincinnati on American Legacy Tours’ Underground Tour benefiting the Cat Adoption Team. I’ve been on this tour before, but I’m such a homer I couldn’t resist a repeat. The tour starts on Vine St discussing Cincinnati’s brewing and drinking heritageContinue reading “What I Learned This Week: 20”
Category Archives: Books
Where Oh Where…
Mindfully shopping for items I don’t really need A book that has been on my radar of “books to read” for a long while is Vegas: Memoir of a Dark Season by John Gregory Dunne. I come across the title occasionally in those listicle-type articles the internet is so great at. When the internet wants to suggest an interesting book to me, I click rightContinue reading “Where Oh Where…”
Book and (substituting for beer) a wine #3
Lazy summer evening with a light rain misting the neighborhood, I opted for the 5 block walk to Zula for flat bread with an eye on taking half home for breakfast tomorrow. Done! Book: In the Country of the Blind by Edward Hoagland. I picked up this book randomly and took it home based on the AnnieContinue reading “Book and (substituting for beer) a wine #3”
Bottom Shelf Blues
Here’s a book lover emotion: I feel bad for books on the bottom shelf at the library. Some book lovers wax poetic over the smell of old books. I wring my hands over the lack of consideration for books on the bottom shelf. So sad. The bottom shelf of books are just out of comfortable eye rangeContinue reading “Bottom Shelf Blues”
Book and a Beer #2
Late afternoon, end of holiday weekend, beer and a book at Washington Park. A peaceable and beautiful afternoon in the hood. Book: Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. Reading for book club, our second crime novel in a row. The psychological angle is apparent from the early pages. It’s not a story based onContinue reading “Book and a Beer #2”
Book and a Beer
A couple years ago I came across a Tumbler page called BookandBeer. The page is pretty simple. Every week the guy who runs the page (I think it’s a guy) posts a picture of, wait for it…, a book and a beer submitted from readers. Simple. Here’s the entire premise lifted from their page: WhatContinue reading “Book and a Beer”
Non-Fiction is Your Friend
Nobody who asks me for a book recommendation wants me to suggest a non-fiction book. It’s an unwritten rule of recommending books, that the person asking wants a work of fiction. Readers want a basic book with a good story, obviously. But they often want one that’s not too tough to read, and preferably notContinue reading “Non-Fiction is Your Friend”
Nothing Ever Happens on My Street 