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Book #146: All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

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  All Quiet On The Western Front Erich Maria Remarque   Released: January 29th, 1929 My 12th book for 2026 was Erich Maria Remarque's "All Quiet On The Western Front".   This is often cited as one of the greatest novels of all time.  It is a deeply intense look at the activities of war.  It follows a unit of young men fighting for Germany in World War 1 in the 1910’s.   We follow our main character Paul Bäumer as he describes the horrific events going on around him.  He loses feeling as time goes on.  His happiness is taken from him, and he suffers deep loss of comrades and brotherhood unions formed by their service. The men encounter a brothel with French women.  They trade loaves of army bread in exchange for a night of intimacy.  While they share excitement over this, Paul doesn't feel the connective passion that usually comes from a sexual experience.  To him, this is more of just a dead feeling to satisfy a bodily need.  H...
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Book #145: BB Wolf and the Three LPs by JD Arnold and Richard Koslowski

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BB Wolf and the Three LPs JD Arnold and Richard Koslowski   Released: January 1st, 2011 My 11th book for 2026 was JD Arnold and Richard Koslowski’s "BB Wolfe and the Three LPs”. This one is more of an adult comic book of sorts.  It tells a modern take on the Three Little Pigs, albeit with a modern contextualization of racism. BB Wolfe is a farmer who has his farm taken away and his family murdered by the pigs.  BB is a personification of a black man, and the pigs represent white people.  As the pigs rewrite laws to "legally" acquire his land in their eyes, his family is brutally murdered, and he is forced to travel around and work odd jobs to keep going.  He eventually comes into league with a sort of mafia group who hires out hits on the pigs.  One-by-one, BB takes his vengeance out on the pigs who murdered his family and ultimately gets his revenge on them all. The story carries a very racial tone.  They want you to hate the pigs and feel remorse for...
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Book #144: Family Ties: Alex Gets The Business by Joe Calro

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  Family Ties: Alex Gets The Business Joe Claro   Released: January 1st, 1986 My 10th book for 2026 was Joe Claro’s "Family Ties: Alex Gets The Business. Family Ties is one of my favorite shows of all time.  It's a toss-up between that and Full House.  Both are excellent shows. In this book, Alex has been accepted into the Nu Alpha Mu (NAM) fraturnity.  He get along well with the faculty advisor Professor Simons.  Simons suggests he dine with Keaton family, and Alex graciously sets it up.  During the dinner, Simon's date Marcie shares her vision of opening a hairdressing place.  Her only setback is that she is still short $10,000 to open it.  The Keaton parents express sympathy as they do not have the funds to help her.  Alex reveals that he has amassed $10,600 in the stock market.  He is willing to front the money for Marcie to start her business.  The business starts off well.  As time goes along, a woman name Nan is tak...
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