In short, I read a lot in 2024.
In total, I read 42 different books. For me, that’s a great amount. My goal each year is to read 30 books. I well exceeded my goal. I greatly enjoyed most of the books I read. What follows, though, is a list of the 14 books I most enjoyed during my 2024 reading journey listed in the order I completed the books over the course of the year.
Continue reading “My Favorite Books – 2024”
I have been told that I have a great voice for speaking.
I am often asked to read scripture in church. I have a daily radio column on WRKC (Wilkes-Barre, PA) where I read “Word of Inspiration” for their Radio Home Visitor program. I have been doing this for decades, remotely, from New Jersey.
I also have two podcasts…
I do a lot of public speaking…
And so forth.
But, until last week, I had never done “professional work” in a professional recording studio.
I have now. It has been a blast!
Continue reading “The “Voice Talent””
“Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible.” William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
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I wrote what I believe is an amazing and wonderfully motivating book. It’s titled 365.2 and it chronicles the time (in 2022) when I ran every single day – for an entire year.
Continue reading “Bid Me Run…”
I love to read. My goal (a modest goal to some and an impossible goal for others) is to read 30 books each year. I figure that two books a month (and then a few more) is reasonable.
In 2022, I actually made it to 45 books, but, then again, well, a whole collection weren’t all that scholarly (as you’ll soon see).
Here, now, are the books I most enjoyed in 2022:
Continue reading “The Best Books I Read in 2022”
Hey, for a moment there I felt pretty famous. My book, The Least Among Them, was listed in National Review Magazine as one of the Best Books of 2021.
I’ve always wanted to be an author. And now I am an author. And a book I wrote was in a national magazine as a best book of 2021.
Who woulda thunk it?
Little old me?
No way.
Continue reading “What Is Success?”
My new book on the history of the Yankees, The Least Among Them, is getting some great early reviews.
This book is available for pre-order now and will be released in early October 2021.
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The Manhattan Book Review gave the book a glowing writeup which read in part:
“The Least Among Them by Paul Russell Semendinger tells the story – covering twenty-nine players in their unique Yankees history when they were given one chance to shine..
Semendinger does a truly fantastic job of setting the scene.
The book is also filled with pictures of baseball cards, historic photos, score sheets, and more…
The Least Among Them is a special book that shines a light on a number of Yankees who have probably not been talked about since their brief moments of fame..
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The following is the latest press release from my publisher, Artemesia Publishing:
“(The Least Among Them) is the ultimate insider book.” – Marty Appel
“This charming and meticulously researched book will remind you of baseball’s power to change and enrich lives far beyond the diamond.” – Jonathan Eig
Continue reading ““The Least Among Them” Earns New Praise!”
Sometimes we make resolutions and we can’t keep them.
Sometimes we try new things to see how they work.
Sometimes they do.
Sometimes they don’t.
And, sometimes we read books and they change our lives.
Continue reading “8: A Lifestyle Change”
(A copy of this post can also be found at Start Spreading the News.)
I love to read. My goal each year is to read at least 30 books. This year I read 36 books. I am pleased.
When I read, I read. I don’t do audio books. I also don’t read off a kindle or any device. I’m old school. When I read a book, I actually read the actual book.
My reading tastes are somewhat eclectic. The subjects I tend to focus to most on are baseball, history, leadership/motivation, and spirituality. I also usually read a few novels along the way.
What follows are the books that I most enjoyed in 2020. (Not all are about baseball.) These are presented in the order in which I read them.
Continue reading “A Selected List of The Best Books I Read in 2020”
I was so thrilled to read this wonderful review for my novel, “Scattering the Ashes.”
PUBLISHED BY WIPF & STOCK!
Thank everyone who believed in me, and God, of course, for helping make this step in my dreams come true.
(No other words are necessary.)
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