Category: Book Reviews

December 28, 2025

Firefly by Henry Porter *** (of 4)

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In the mid 2000-teens, migrants from the Middle East, Asia, and North Africa risked their health, security, and livelihoods in hopes of finding better lives...

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December 26, 2025

The Heart of a Stranger by Angela Buchdahl **** (of 4)

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This book, with its very Reform take on Judaism, inspired me to be a better practitioner of Reform Judaism’s highest ideals. More importantly, Rabbi Buchdahl...

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December 15, 2025

How to Dodge a Cannonball by Dennard Dale *** (of 4)

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A parody, satire, stand-up comedy, history lesson, and vital social commentary in one book. The protagonist Anders, is a white teen during the Civil War...

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December 7, 2025

The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball by Christian Sheppard (NR)

Sheppard is an occasional college-level instructor of classical literature and a longtime baseball fan. His book underscores the parallels between the actors in Homer’s Odyssey...

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December 7, 2025

1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin *** (of 4)

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Andrew Ross Sorkin’s approach to the Great Depression is to follow some great men, day by day in the year leading up to the crash....

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December 4, 2025

So Far Gone by Jess Walter **** (of 4)

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Rhys Kinnick, a cantankerous, retired, environmental journalist, fed up with the world, and especially his son-in-law, leaves society behind to live off the grid in...

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December 4, 2025

The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Sharp *** (of 4)

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What started after 9/11 as the U.S. War on Terror has declined into an interminable excuse for targeted killing, assassinations, and undercover attempts by the...

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October 30, 2025

Lost and Found by Kathryn Schultz *** (of 4)

In the same year, Kathryn Schultz’s father died and Schultz met the love of her life. She found her wife and lost her father. While...

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October 30, 2025

Sun Storm by Asa Larsson *** (of 4)

A pastor is ritualistically murdered inside his church in Sweden. Not just Sweden, but under the writing rules of Scandinavian noir, the murder is committed...

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