tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54207822024-03-13T09:51:01.286-05:00THE non-THINKing TANKtankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.comBlogger527125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-91162920435541878252023-04-06T12:00:00.001-05:002023-04-06T12:00:05.788-05:00 Well, I wasn't really a fan of the movie "The Notebook" (2004), but I did recognize the author's name immediately from the days when that movie was so big. Hmm... I see that this one was made into a movie, too: "The Longest Ride" (2015). With Alan Alda! Well, I missed that completely. The Longest Ride is Nicholas Sparks' 17th romance novel, released in 2013.&tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-55003518274428352512023-02-23T12:47:00.002-06:002023-02-23T12:47:37.574-06:00Eeesh - it has been over a year since I last posted. You know, life and stuff... I show up where I need to be, do my job, and go home. That’s why I have gotten so behind on these book reviews. Computer work isn't as fun as it used to be.You Dropped A Blonde On Me, Dakota Cassidy, 2010This one was mildly entertaining. It told a pretty good story, but sometimes the tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-13541126286979912202022-01-03T13:39:00.001-06:002022-01-03T13:39:18.895-06:00Hello again so soon! I guess I'm getting tired of Netflix because I've been choosing to read more often than usual on these long winter days. "Lament for a Father" (2021) by Marvin Olasky was a freebie that came in the mail since I'm a subscriber to WORLD magazine. It seems that I identify more with Eli Olasky (Marvin's father) than I do with the author, specifically in the tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-58035012722935624922021-12-27T18:42:00.004-06:002021-12-27T18:55:53.254-06:00Yeow... It has certainly been awhile since I've checked in here. I won't ask if you've missed me... So this first book, Perfectly Yourself: Discovering God's Dream for You, by Matthew Kelly, wasn't really my cup of tea. I'm definitely no closer to determining His dream for me. I guess I got the book free from church, so that had to be several years ago. I'm not sure when I last went to tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-13197551234222808162020-07-09T12:08:00.000-05:002020-07-09T12:08:10.176-05:00Despite being 98% predictable, "The Jane Austen Marriage Manual" by Kim Izzo (2012) is not a bad book. I guess that I got it from Nancy. I can't remember. It's been a long time since I've seen her or her dogs. You know, usually I am on dog feeding duty every month or so when she goes on her trips, but the COVID-19 has left her home-bound since March. I really can't take much more of this 'tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-19536699521851766912020-05-05T10:27:00.002-05:002020-05-05T10:27:17.512-05:00It's always fun to read a book by someone that you know. "Hepatitis C - Never Give Up Hope" (2016) was written by Cindy Bowles from Era, Texas. When I was a youngster in 4-H, we used to have playdays at her arena. The book tells the story of her husband Harold's battle with Hepatitis C including two liver transplants. The last time I talked to her in the Fall, they were waiting on a kidney. tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-82565821361195071452020-04-01T08:34:00.001-05:002020-04-01T08:40:38.958-05:00I have been working my way through "Horse Owners Guide to Natural Hoof Care" by Jaime Jackson (2002) for what seems like a very long time. It's not the easiest reference book to read, and I had already been trimming my own horses hooves for at least a year when I started reading it, so the book mostly confirmed things that I already knew. Yes, I have been trimming for a couple of years now, andtankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-91033801129607151702019-01-07T06:05:00.001-06:002019-01-07T06:05:42.786-06:00I suppose it wouldn't really require an entire book to propose that the 5 Love Languages are Worlds of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service and Physical Touch. It is a pretty short book, but the anecdotes are effective. Apparently there is a book called "The 5 Love Languages for Singles", so probably I should have read that one, but I found this at Melissa's house. My tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-26222333567578812332018-11-21T06:38:00.000-06:002018-11-21T06:38:50.943-06:00I think maybe Kim at work gave me this book? I can't remember, but I really enjoyed it. I thought the whole time that I was reading the work of a black woman, but when I got to the back flap, I realized that the author was a white man. I'm sure he won't take offense at that. The book was good no matter what the race/gender of the author.
Thanksgiving is upon us tomorrow. That means one tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-52581594337837972172018-09-04T15:33:00.002-05:002018-09-04T15:33:46.267-05:00I read this book. I think that Kim gave it to me. I passed it on to Grandma, but she probably needs something with larger print. This review is not up to my normal standards. Not that the standards of the book were low - I thought it was a very interesting and well-written book. I just don't have many original thoughts or opinions to share, so I will have to leave it at that.tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-76649948424041293802018-07-24T18:04:00.001-05:002018-07-25T05:58:17.750-05:00I guess you might call me a racist. I see myself as a realist, and that just means that I admit that I notice race in others (and in myself), and I know that some assumptions can be made based on race. Racism implies that those assumptions based on race are all negative. Some of my assumptions are negative, some of them are positive. Some of them don't qualify as good or bad at all - they tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-26855740973201949692018-05-06T13:44:00.002-05:002018-05-06T13:44:51.933-05:00"Sleeping Beauties" (2017) was published by Stephen King and his son, Owen King. The language seems like something from the younger generation, so I'm thinking that Stephen King's name is just on the cover to make folks pick it up. And since I haven't actually read a Stephen King novel before, I can't say how this one compares to any others. I can say that the story drags on and on, and I felttankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-79421373242079479672018-02-19T12:03:00.000-06:002018-02-19T12:03:37.102-06:00I have recently started driving this 2018 GMC Terrain. I have waited until the odometer rolled over the 1,000 mile-marker to make my comments. Overall, I think that it is a fine vehicle. However, it's only about 60% vehicle while the other 40% is computer. Of course I am moving up from a 2011 Ford Fusion, so there have been some changes in technology within the past 7 years. With keyless tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-1681722948456986572017-11-24T09:58:00.002-06:002017-11-24T09:59:28.239-06:00"Alpha Female" (2009) by April Christofferson did not have much effect on me. The main premise was protecting the wolves from hunters. I don't care about wolves. I don't care about hunters, either, so I couldn't really take a side. The writing was fine, and the story would probably make a good movie, but it was fairly predictable.
Well, it's the day after Thanksgiving, and I'm supposed to betankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-22011387220736567312017-10-28T09:58:00.000-05:002017-10-28T09:59:01.498-05:00"Relentless" is your typical girl-power Western drama with a pretty good balance of still needing a man to be the hero. It was written by Bobbi Smith and published in 2010. I guess it was a pretty good story. I dunno, I actually finished it about a month ago, but I'm just now getting around to catching up some of the little things. Work has slowed down just a tad, and that is very nice. But tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-21786702453244544412017-08-04T08:32:00.000-05:002017-08-04T08:32:04.914-05:00I thought that quitting Netflix for the Summer would make me get out and do stuff, but instead I'm turning the time into reading. That's not such a bad thing. It has to be better for my mind than watching zombies get killed in 5 million different ways. About this book... "His Secret Life: Colby Agency Reconnaissance Division" was written by Debra Webb in 2009. First of all, I have no idea tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-20609813980830123582017-07-26T19:33:00.001-05:002017-07-26T19:33:36.240-05:00
I went through both of these books fairly quickly, so I will review them together. Although one was written in 2009 (Montana Creeds: Logan by Linda Lael Miller) and the other in 1993 (Broomstick Cowboy by Kathleen Eagle), they both tell pretty much the same story. Single cowboy comes back to his hometown. Single mother with two children could use some help. Heck, both of these books even tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-18754026129936409062017-06-29T20:09:00.000-05:002017-06-29T20:09:00.901-05:00I just finished "Persuader: A Jack Reacher Novel" by Lee Child (2003, reprint 2013). How I'm finding any time to read is a bit of a mystery, what with all the rodeo stuff I've got going on. I think everything is mostly on time as far as sponsor support, queen contestants, ticket sales, arena repairs, media outreach, parade invitations and entries...the list goes on with so much tedious event tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-40502245367671322192017-06-04T08:50:00.002-05:002017-06-04T08:50:16.020-05:00Who would have thought that a book with such a silly premise would be so inspiring. Oh, it's not quite inspiring enough to go down in history as a classic, but it's a really fun story that made me consider how there MIGHT be life beyond 35. Or even 100! Eeesh, I not even HALFWAY there... 0_o "The 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared" (2009) was written in Swedish by tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-7818579488902293732017-04-23T12:17:00.002-05:002017-04-23T12:19:14.816-05:00Hello there. It has taken me a few weeks to get around to getting this on here. Life has been BUSY!! I'm pretty sure that this book was a door prize at a CCRW meeting. "The Nazi Connection to Islamic Terrorism" by Chuck Morse reads like a college dissertation, so it's not exactly what I'd consider a pleasurable read. It often repeats facts several times in different sections as it focuses ontankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-65279189058115711732017-02-01T17:51:00.002-06:002017-02-01T17:54:55.628-06:00
Nancy passed this book on to me. "Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly Ex-Sorority girl's guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?" by Jen Lancaster is, in her own words on the cover, "yet ANOTHER memoir". I don't guess I've had the opportunity to read many memoirs. It's not exactly an autobiography. I never tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-66560314694324611152017-01-25T06:43:00.002-06:002017-01-25T12:09:31.945-06:00Dorthy loaned me this book, "The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God. Having the Guts to Respond." by Bill Hybels (2010) about a month ago. It's a concept that I'm not too comfortable with, actually. When I hear someone talking about how God has been telling them what to do, I am always brought back to a time in my life where I ran into a woman whose every-other comment was, "God told me to do" tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-50399274857380638102016-11-02T06:32:00.002-05:002016-11-02T06:35:39.606-05:00Leadership... "American Soldier: General Tommy Franks, Commander in Chief - United States Central Command" is an autobiography published in 2004. General Franks was the head honcho in Afghanistan and Iraq during and after 09/11/2001. For more info, just click on the picture. Or you can read this book, but it is not a quick read. I won it as a door prize at one of the Cooke County Republican tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-11811254841582519172016-06-25T17:36:00.001-05:002016-06-25T17:36:44.131-05:00Grandma gave me this book to read. "The Iron Marshal" (1979) by Louis L'Amour is not too believable, mostly because the Marshal is a teenage kid who thinks and speaks with the wisdom of someone much, much older than that. But the story is alright. I don't have much else to say about it, I reckon. My life is not nearly as interesting as the Marshal's. I wish I had something interesting to tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420782.post-78768786043952790852016-06-04T07:58:00.001-05:002016-06-04T07:58:17.424-05:00I have been working on this project for about 10 years - my 2nd reading of the Bible cover to cover. My regular reading Bible is "The New American Bible" which is a Catholic version including the apocrypha, although I prefer the New King James version. Anyhow, yes, I just finished reading the Bible for the second time. This time I read the whole thing out-loud. I normally read a chapter from tankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395079647940106635noreply@blogger.com5