I'm Loopy Loop Year, John Sheirer (2008) You'd think I'd really like this book. Heck, you'd think I'd love it. I thought I'd love it. I really wanted to love it. I can say I love the idea of it. Any longtime CTMQ reader (or personal acquaintance) will nod along when I say that the book is a daily chronicle … [Read more...]
Book Review: 25 Ski Tours in Connecticut
Ski-zers 25 Ski Tours in Connecticut: A Trail Guide for the Cross-Country Skier by Stan Wass (1978) 1978 was a heady time. A fitness craze was beginning to sweep the nation. Jazzercize, Aerobics, jogging, coked up all night disco dancing… so it seemed like a good time for “two certified ski touring instructors … [Read more...]
CT Books, Movies, People, & Stories (Archived)
Connecticut Books, People, & Essays Note: This section of CTMQ has been archived and will not be added to anymore. I probably shouldn’t have ever begun reading and writing about Connecticut books. It’s just one of those lists that I can’t possibly “finish” in any meaningful way. But that’s fine, I don’t mind. If … [Read more...]
Book Review: Going Outside in Connecticut
SCORP-de-DORP Going Outside in Connecticut, 2017 By Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Why am I “reviewing” this “book?” Why was it on the “special” short lending period shelf at the library? Like, who in the world is checking this thing out? As the (probably) one person who … [Read more...]
Book Review: Afoot in Connecticut
A Foot in My Mouth (Probably) Afoot in Connecticut, 2013 By Eric D. Lehman Afoot in Connecticut is a love letter to many things. In fact, it begins with a story wherein the author hikes off-trail among the quarry cliffs at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden to bury love letters from an ex-girlfriend and ends with … [Read more...]