Just a Regular Boy

I wish Goodreads would let us do half votes. I want to give this book a 4.5. It does not deserve a 4 or 5. I liked many things about Catherine Ryan Hyde’s Just a Regular Boy, but I hated one thing. I did not have as bad as a childhood as Remy Blake in […]

First Love

Short Story Saturday! Write a story of a first love. There were about fifteen of us in the dimly lit room. We were all sweaty, panting, and excited. I could see Tommy’s eyes shining with eagerness and his face glistening in sweat. Jenny was giggling with anticipation, but I never saw her sweat even after a […]

#334 Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear‘s Marcus Garvey is an album that is completely new to me. I know absolutely nothing about the Rastafari movement and its prophet Marcus Garvey. I am not really a fan of reggae music, except that it is probably some weird religion based on the Jewish religion. I guess just smoke something and sit back […]

1001 Albums #30

Sunday at the Village Vanguard from jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans another live album to make it to the list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. There are a lot of jazz albums on the list and the reason is that jazz musicians had been able to accomplish what the rock and […]