Hi Rachel, I think you make good points about Hacksaw Ridge — the battle scenes are definitely long and Vince Vaughan seems to stand out a bit awkwardly in the role. I think the audience knows him too well in comedic roles and rom-coms — so he seems a bit unnatural here. I agree with your observations.

Hi RT, All Grown Up had some pluses and minuses to it; the lead character often isn’t that likable, but was interesting a bit; she’s different for sure. As for audios, it took me awhile to get used to them. They take focused concentration and some books are manageable on audio while others are not. I usually can listen to an audio when I’m doing something mindless like walking my dog, weeding my garden, or folding laundry. You can’t do it when you’re thinking about other things etc.

Sounds good TJ. I’ll be curious to hear what you think of Ozeki’s book; I think it will interest you. The audio is quite good too.

Ha. Erin thanks for stopping by. March Madness is the college basketball end-of-the-year tournament, which some schools get really into in the U.S. Up here in Canada it’s not as popular, there’s only hockey hockey hockey, which I don’t follow much either. Anyways, I’ll stop by your site and see what’s up.

I haven’t heard of March madness before.

Hi John, I liked all the facts in The Wright Brothers book and all the details about their lives, some of which I wasn’t familiar with. It was my first McCullough book. I think he might have a tendency to romanticize his subjects (and America) in his books, still I like his enthusiasm for history when he speaks or give interviews about his writings. I’ll be interested to hear what you think of The Undoing Project, a couple bloggers thought it was a bit of a slog read, so I did not pick it up. Enjoy.