Category Archives: Books

Overview: “Auschwitz, A New History,” By Laurence Rees

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

There really is no way to “review” a book like this. So I won’t. I’ll just give a general impression of the empty feeling I have after reading it–and that feeling comes not from the author’s deficiencies, but his fantastic … Continue reading →

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Download Thimblerig’s Ark

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Nate Fleming’s Narnia-ish/Genesis-ish book, Thimblerig’s Ark, is available for free on the Amazon Kindle side for the next couple of days. I was supposed to read it a long time ago, and now I wound up spiking that little plan … Continue reading →

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Reading now 

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I am currently  sitting at a Memorial Day barbecue. Watching the kids play.  But I’m also captivated by this book at the moment. Truly, I am silenced. By both the sheer subterranean level of human depravity, and the sheer ignorance … Continue reading →

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On Monday’s show 

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

it seems I’ve got the reflexive need to mention Flannery O’Connor’s works right now. But I can’t help it. As I was reading her story (and my current favorite) The Lame Shall Enter First, I could not help but think … Continue reading →

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It’s official. I am a fan of Flannery O’Connor

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I believe I’ll make this my shortest post ever with: Nuff said.

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I’m Blaming Flannery O’Connor for that last bit of callow humor

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

So I just finished reading Flannery O’Connor’s short story, A View of the Woods.  I need not say any more.  I had no idea that, the image I had in my mind of how O’Connor’s work was supposed to be … Continue reading →

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Some days

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

 I love my Nook. 

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 Here again 

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

  i could live here. Seriously.

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Who knew that naming a protagonist was such hard work?

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

So I’m sitting at the kitchen table with my daughter, trying to name the principal character for my novel. It’s not that easy.  I’m on to something, but that could all start running with a wheel in the sand any … Continue reading →

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Thanks Leif Enger. Now I’m totally thrown

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Ever since I read Leif Enger’s awesome Peace Like a River, and Stant Litore’s What Our Eyes Have Witnessed, I’ve almost felt like the farce I was going to write now feels . . . um, well . . . … Continue reading →

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