Jeffrey’s 2024 Year in Books
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Jeffrey Rasley
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Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, The United States
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Just Published by Midsummer Books
The book is the fictional memoir of an 18-year-old hitchhiking across the country in 1972. But it was inspired by the humorous, bizarre, and scary experiences I had hitchhiking from Goshen, Indiana to Key West and then to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, after dropping out of college for a term. On the road, Jack meets gypsies, tramps, and thieves, Good Samaritans, and Jesus in a Ferrari. He is accoste
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| A very good resource for anyone interested in seeing Indiana's magnificent county courthouses without traveling to every county. As a writer who has traveled to every county seat in Indiana and photographed the courthouses for a WIP book about Indian ...more | |
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| After finishing Treasure Island, I wanted to read Kidnapped. I thought of RLS as primarily a children's author, but Treasure Island was surprising good fiction for adult readers. It has a coming of age story, but it's not at all juvenile. It's just a ...more | |
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| I read the book the first time about 45 years ago. I returned to it, because I watched the Netflix production of Marquez's masterpiece. The TV version only covers the first 3 of the 6 generations of the Buendia Family, but it is well worth watching. ...more | |
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| James is a marvelous book. Telling Jim's story as a supplement and correction to Twain's masterpiece, Huckleberry Finn, was a cool idea. But the way Everett creatively elaborates on what Jim could have experienced is brilliant, fun, poignant, awfully ...more | |
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| I've read several Kate Quinn novels and enjoyed each one, including this one. It's an easy read with poignant fictional portrayals of actual and made-up characters who died in the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. 2 minor proble ...more | |
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| Edith Wharton was a gem. Her novels are delightful, whether set in small-town New England, high society New York, or aristocratic England. Her characters are real and her descriptions of their family and social lives are richly entertaining. Wharton ...more | |
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| This is a fascinating and scary tale of Soviet-Russian espionage. Fascinating, because Sonya is a truly interesting personality case study. And, learning how she became a spy and how the spy network worked is really interesting. Scary, because, such ...more | |
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| Some critics of Edith Wharton have called her anti-feminist, and Charity, the protagonist of Summer, is Exhibit A. Charity is, for the most part, unlikable. She's kind of stupid, willfully ignorant, inconsiderate of others, especially those who care ...more | |
“Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.”
― Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
― Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
“too young to live, too old to die”
― Island Adventures: Disconnecting in the Caribbean and South Pacific
― Island Adventures: Disconnecting in the Caribbean and South Pacific
“Being alone and lost on the mountain made me feel very small and vulnerable. The congenial fellowship in the meal tent reminded me that we humans are social beings. Community is an essential aspect of our humanity.”
― 72 Wisdoms: A practical guide to make life more meaningful
― 72 Wisdoms: A practical guide to make life more meaningful
“Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.”
― Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
― Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
“You have to get lost before you can be found.”
― Light in the Mountains -- A Hoosier Quaker Finds Communal Enlightenment in Nepal
― Light in the Mountains -- A Hoosier Quaker Finds Communal Enlightenment in Nepal
“To prepare for the mountains develop mind, body, will and spirit as strong as a sword, soft as a pillow and fluid as water.”
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Thanks for joining my circle of friends.
Blessings,
Tom
Thanks for joining my circle of friends.
Blessings,
Tom"
Likewise, Tom.