I've had Renee's copy of this book for years, probably, and it never seemed like the right time to read it. After having gone home to Florida to help take care of my dad after his heart surgery, it finally seemed right. I go back every year for Christmas, but that's a special time. Florida in ...
Chris Offutt's The Same River Twice is an interesting novel which details the course of his life, past and present intertwined and alternating between chapters. Offutt was born and raised in Kentucky and spends the rest of the novel in an attempt to escape from the standard expectations of life ...
There were parts of this book I absolutely loved, and then, there were parts that were just good. I loved the first section of the book. I loved it because it was familiar to me -- good ol' hillbillies talking, working, living. The dialogue was so vivid. Then section two comes along and the c...
In Haldeman twelve boys lived along two ridges connected by paths in the woods. Ricky and Randy were oldest by a few years, then Charley, Marty, Michael, and me. Below us were Roy, Jeff, and Roger of the same age, then Gregory and Faron, and finally Sonny the youngest. The older boys went off by ...
In the inexplicable silence, I could hear blood coursing my veins, the steady rhythm of my heart like an oil derrick working without pause. I had no idea how hot it would be, how foolish my undertaking. After two days, my hair had paled and my skin was red. I’d bought a belt canteen but it was to...