Gods of Wood and Stone

3.5 stars Two men cross paths in the prologue of this novel with a startling, life changing encounter. In alternating points of view, these two men, through pretty much the rest of the novel wallow in self pity and their views on the world as it is and how they think it should be, both yearning for......more

Gods of Wood and Stone is a literary page-turner that I highly recommend. Held up against a backdrop of baseball and traditional agrarian life, the author tackles the crucial issues of nostalgia and progress, of instant gratification and a ‘like’ culture. There is great tragedy in this book. A mad d......more

Baseball as a metaphor has been a literary device since the game’s inception. It has proven fertile ground for stories of fathers and sons, of passion and regret, of failure and triumph. Mark Di Ionno is the latest to bring our national pastime to the printed page with his novel “Gods of Wood and Sto......more

Received as an ARC from the publisher. Started 3-24-18. Finished 3-27-18. Excellent book tracing the life story of a MLB player being inducted into the Cooperstown Hall of Fame against the story of a young teen-aged ball player (who lives in the Cooperstown area) just starting his sports career. The......more

This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. Rated 3.5 of 5 In Mark Di Ionno's Gods of Wood and Stone, two middle-aged men come to realize that they are dinosaurs in a modern world. Though their worlds don't intersect directly through most of the book, the men have much in common. Joe......more