Author Archives: schoultz

Why this book;  I was on a zoom discussion session and this book was mentioned and I was intrigued – so I bought it and read it.  Summary in 3 sentences:  In this short book (135 pages) the author describes … Continue reading →

Why this book: Recommended by my friend Jay and by other members of a discussion group we’re in together.  I wasn’t going to read this book, until to a person, the others in our group raved about it and said … Continue reading →

Why this book: Selected by my Navy SEAL reading group, and Steven Pressfield agreed to join us for the discussion.   Summary in 4 sentences:  This is Pressfield’s life of Alexander novelized,  told in the first-person from Alexander’s perspective, as if … Continue reading →

Why this book: I had read  the novel The Overstory by Richard Powers,  the 2019 Pulitzer prize for fiction winner, and was very intrigued by a character in the book who had explored the connections between trees and within forests, … Continue reading →

Why this book:  I had just read and been fascinated by The Circle.  I wanted to read the sequel and this is that sequel. Summary in 4 sentences.  The book The Every picks up the story of the corporation The … Continue reading →

Why this book:  Selected by my literature reading group at the insistence of one of our members that it would be a mind-bender. She was right!  Summary in 5 Sentences: This books is like a homeric myth set in the … Continue reading →

Why this book:  I talked some of my friends in my literature reading group into reading this with me when I failed to get the whole group to agree to read it.  I was impressed with an  interview I’d heard … Continue reading →

Why this book: Selected by our SEAL reading group. Also, I’ve met General Mattis, seen him speak several times and looked forward to reading his book. Summary in 3 sentences:  Call Sign Chaos is both a memoir and a book … Continue reading →

Why this book: I kept seeing this book pop up on lists of the best books of 2021 and the story intrigued me. I had read his Nickel Boys and was impressed, and wanted a bit of escapist fun, while … Continue reading →

Why this book: George Worthington was one of the senior officers in the Navy SEALs as I was growing up during my career.  He was the second Admiral to command Naval Special Warfare Command. He recently died, and I learned … Continue reading →