Review of The Battle of Ole Miss by Frank Lambert

The book The Battle of Ole Miss is a nonfiction history published in 2010. Author Frank Lambert was a college professor (Purdue University) at the time of publication. The Battle of Ole Miss is an important historical event that took place in 1962. Ole Miss, of course, refers to the University of Mississippi. The battle […]

The Return by Nicholas Sparks – Should I Read This Romance Novel?

The Return by Nicholas Sparks is a recent book. It’s not historical fiction, either; in fact, the story takes place between 2014 and 2019. This makes it a bit of a departure for me. The narrator is Trevor Benson, a graduate of the Naval Academy and a veteran of Afghanistan. He’s a doctor who sustains […]

Steinbeck’s East of Eden, is it Worth My Time? Rob’s Expert Review

There’s little I can write about John Steinbeck’s East of Eden that no one’s written before, I realize. The classic is about to reach its sixth decade since publication. But that doesn’t mean that you’ve read it. So, hopefully this review will be new to you. The book is about as epic as books get. […]

Fascinating Review of Wuthering Heights – Will People Love It?

This review of Wuthering Heights is about a classic work of literature from Great Britain in the 1800s. It is the sole novel of author Emily Brontë before her early death. Wuthering Heights is the story of two families, the Lintons and the Earnshaws, plus an orphan named Heathcliff. I first read the book in […]

Killing For Coal – Rob’s Review

The book Killing for Coal is a nonfiction work by Colorado historian Thomas Andrews. It bills itself as the story of America’s deadliest labor war. Killing for Coal qualifies as environmental history and seeks to explain the causes of the 1914 Ludlow Massacre. The Ludlow Massacre will feature in an upcoming novel of mine, so […]