The book is The Iron Heel by Jack London. It was originally published in 1908 by George Platt Brett Sr. I read the Penguin Classics 2006 paperback edition. I read it in August of 2025. The Iron Heel refers to the oppressive government oligarchy in the story. They are holding down a communist revolution led... Continue Reading →
The book is Sunrise Over the Valley by George Cottonwood. It was published in 2025 by Veritas Entertainment. The title refers to the main character Dean “Sunrise” Michalis. He’s a grocer in a small town but also a skilled gunman. This comes in handy when Dakota Tracy and his gang try to destroy (take over?)... Continue Reading →
The book is The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. New York in 2006. I read the First Vintage International Edition. I read it in June of 2025. The title refers to the road that a man and his... Continue Reading →
The book is No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in 2005 by Penguin Random House. I read the 2006 First Vintage International Edition paperback. I read it in February of 2025. The title refers to the lament of Sheriff Bell. He complains that the United States has changed so much in... Continue Reading →
The book is Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose. It was originally published by Simon and Schuster in 1992. I read the 2017 paperback edition. I read it in December of 2024. The title comes from a line in a speech from William Shakespeare’s Henry V. “From this day to the ending of... Continue Reading →
The book is The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in 1994 by Alfred A. Knopf. I read the March 1995 First Vintage International Edition. I read it in September of 2024. The title refers to crossing the border between the US and Mexico. A wolf has crossed from Mexico into New Mexico and a... Continue Reading →
The book is Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. It was originally published in 1999 by W.W. Norton. I read the 2018 paperback edition. I read it in May of 2024. The title refers to the main character Shannon. It's no spoiler to say that she is a supermodel that gets shot in the face. Throughout the book... Continue Reading →
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