Monday, November 22, 2021

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit - Michael Finkel ------------------ 4 Stars

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 The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit is a really great title. I find the idea of hermits fascinating...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir ---------------------- 4.5 Stars

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I presume most of you know about the movie the Martian, which I found entertaining and enjoyable. You may not know that it was based on a bo...
Thursday, September 23, 2021

The Plot - Jean Hanff Korelitz ------------------------ 4.5 Stars

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The Plot has been a pretty hot book since it's release in May of this year. I heard good things about it and was happy that I was able ...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Shadow Country - Peter Matthiessen -------------------- 4 Stars

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Shadow Country was unknown to me until I recently read an article that mentioned this long, epic tale. During summer, I always feel like I ...
Friday, August 6, 2021

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal - Ben Mezrich ----------- 4 Stars

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By now, most people have seen the excellent The Social Network, which tells about the founding of Facebook from the college dorm room of Mar...

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett ------------------------ 3.5 Stars

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So, another book with the same challenges I've had with others I've read recently. I had the same problem of  The Vanishing Half  as...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out - Amanda Ripley --------------------- 4 Stars

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One can argue there are no books more relevant in the past couple of years than Amanda Ripley's High Conflict.  Released a few months ag...
Tuesday, July 6, 2021

American Dirt - Jeannie Cummins ------------------ 4.25 Stars

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American Dirt  is only a year old but I had MANY people suggest I read this book as they thought I might enjoy; they were right - it was a g...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession - Susan Orlean ----------------------- 4 Stars

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I recently read and reviewed The Library Book   by Susan Orlean and really enjoyed it. Her writing style is informal and fun and her non-fic...
Sunday, May 16, 2021

Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit - Parker Palmer ----------------- 3 Stars

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I've had  Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit , on my "to read" list f...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

The English Teacher: A Novel -- Yiftach Reicher Atir ----------------------- 2.5 Stars

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I was not familiar with The English Teacher when I picked it up from my sister's bookshelf. That's because it was written as an Isr...
Friday, April 16, 2021

Cherry - Nico Walker ------------------ 3.5 Stars

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The only reason I came across this book is because of a commercial about the upcoming release of a movie based on the story. Then, I quickly...
Sunday, April 4, 2021

The Library Book - Susan Orlean -------------------- 4 Stars

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I really enjoyed The Library Book  (non-fiction) by Susan Orlean. Published a few years ago, it was a pleasure to read as it covered a varie...
Sunday, March 21, 2021

Is This Anything? - Jerry Seinfeld -------------------- 3 Stars

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Like many people, I'm a huge fan of Jerry Seinfeld. His show is the greatest sitcom ever made (in my humble opinion), and I've alway...
Sunday, March 7, 2021

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City - Jonathan Mahler ------------------- 4 Stars

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As the real title is too long, I'll just reference this book as The Bronx is Burning . You may also be aware of it because ESPN did an 8...
Sunday, February 14, 2021

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin ------------------- 3.5 Stars

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Luckily for me and any possible readers, there is no correlation between the length of my blog and the total pages of the book being reviewe...
Monday, January 18, 2021

Artemis - Andy Weir ----------------- 3 Stars

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You probably are more familiar with Andy Weir's more famous book (and movie) - The Martian.  Here is my review of it. Artemis was his f...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - Patrick Radden Keefe ----------------------- 4.5 Stars

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Say Nothing reads like a piece of fiction - it's made up of unreal characters and a story that is too good to be true - but, every sing...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

The Evening and the Morning - Ken Follett ---------------- 4 Stars

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 The Evening and the Morning is Ken Follett's newest book that is vaguely set up as a prequel to the amazing Pillars of the Earth (one ...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones --------------------------- 4 Stars

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As I was reading An American Marriage , I realized it was like an inverted bell curve of entertainment (basically, a U shape). It started ou...