Month: June 2022
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Book Review: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
At first, I found the book painfully slow (and admittedly uninteresting). Though I can’t say it exactly picked up the pace, I got more invested…
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Book Review: The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one. I enjoyed most of it, but not without some initial confusion and some scenes and plot lines I could have lived without…
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Book Review: Again. Again and Again. by Mathias B. Freese
Mathias Freese’s writing is intelligent and thought-provoking. This compilation of speculative stories and essays touches upon matters of life, death, art, and events past and present…
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Book Review: Daughters of the Night Sky by Aimie K. Runyan
I’ve realized over the past year that I’m inexplicably drawn to books about aviation (bonus points if it’s set in WWII)…
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Book Review: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Alice Feeney is a master of suspense. I didn’t think there would be any topping Rock, Paper, Scissors but Daisy Darker surpassed my expectations (which were high to begin with)…
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Book Review: April 4th, 1968 by Michael Eric Dyson
I was disappointed that this wasn’t more focused on Martin Luther King Jr. I expected there to be talk about the repercussions of his assassination and the Civil Rights movement as a whole but was surprised the parts about MLK just skimmed the surface…
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Book Review: The Manhattan Girls by Gill Paul
Let me start off by saying the atmosphere of the story is superb. Gill Paul illustrates the era well through witty writing…
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Book Review: Every Man a Hero by Ray Lambert
It feels odd to say, but this was an endearing memoir of WWII. Perhaps it’s because the author was 98 while recounting this or it could be his overall positive outlook even in the face of mayhem…
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Book Review: Mystery at the Blue Sea Cottage by James Stewart
A roaring 20s true crime story? I was immediately intrigued! I feel like I’ve heard about Fritzie Mann somewhere before, but I could be confusing her story with someone else’s…
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Book Review: Rocket Men by Robert Kurson
One of the more intimate accounts of the Space Race I’ve read. This book tells the story of the Apollo 8 mission to the moon (my favorite!)…