Bloggin' On: Upcoming Reviews & Random Thoughts

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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race delves into the origins of Project Apollo and President John F. Kennedy's determination to land a man on the Moon before 1970. © 2019 HarperCollins
Hello again and welcome to another installment of A Certain Point of View. It's a sunny autumn morning in my corner of the Sunshine State, with temperatures in the high 70s and no rain in the immediate forecast, although it is expected that it will be hot later today. Per the Weather app on my PC, today's high is estimated to reach 86℉ later this afternoon.

Well, it looks like you're going to have to wait a little while longer for a new review; I went to sleep sometime after 2 AM, and even though I got close to six hours of sleep, I'm feeling a bit worn out now. So I think I'll take the rest of the day off from writing and relax with a good book or watch a few episodes of 24's Season Five on DVD.

Looking forward to reading (and reviewing) Harry Turtledove's novel. © 2002 New American Library


I still plan to review Douglas Brinkley's American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race this week, as well as writeups on Inning Eight of Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns, the pilot episode of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Harry Turtledove's Ruled Britannia (which I ordered on the 16th from a third-party seller on Amazon but have not yet received), and maybe a review of Strategic Command WWII: World at War. 

 I might also do the occasional post about politics, even though I'm a bit tired of writing about Donald Trump and his incredibly inept Presidency. It will be difficult since most of my political material is derived from my participation on Quora, the questions-and-answers website that I left earlier this week. I'll probably write a post about why I deleted my account at a later date – just not today.

Well, Constant Reader, that's it for now. Breakfast - which will include a serving of spinach florentine this morning - is almost ready, and I'm not fully myself until I've had at least one cup of coffee. So, until next time, Ciao!

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