Category: Book Reviews

July 12, 2024

Burn Book by Kara Swisher ** (of 4)

You can take my review with a grain of salt: everyone else loves this book. Swisher has been reporting on advances in technology since the...

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July 12, 2024

The Maid by Nita Prose ** (of 4)

Molly the Maid is what we used to call “on-the-spectrum.” She does not read body language or comprehend social cues. She is 25 years old...

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July 12, 2024

Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley *** (of 4)

Joe King Oliver is, no, was, a NYC cop. He was sent to Rikers after being framed for molesting a perp. Now, a dozen years...

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June 26, 2024

Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen *** (of 4)

This is Annie Jacobsen’s first book in a series of investigative journalism pieces into top-secret practices of the U.S. government. Using the Freedom of Information...

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June 10, 2024

Essex Dogs by Dan Jones **** (of 4)

In July of 1346, King Edward crossed the English Channel to reclaim territory taken by his independently-minded cousin, King Phillipe. Thousands of troops land on...

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June 10, 2024

Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March *** (of 4)

It is 1892. India is a British colony and Indians, at least upper class Indians, aspire to move up the British hierarchy. Two young women...

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May 18, 2024

The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto *** (of 4)

Shorto’s hypothesis is concise and convincing. His book is long and detailed. As the ages of Enlightenment and Exploration dawned on Europe, Holland was the...

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May 18, 2024

The Secret Hours by Mick Herron *** (of 4)

This is Herron’s prequel to his successful Slow Horses series, which is one of those rare compilations that is better on screen (Apple +) than...

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April 25, 2024

The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory by Tim Alberta **** (of 4)

Tim Alberta is a Christian evangelical and an accomplished journalist describing what he sees as a growing division inside America’s evangelical churches. He visits and...

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