Saturday, April 26, 2025

The Boys of Riverside by Thomas Fuller

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The Boys of Riverside by Thomas Fuller is a good work of nonfiction that centers on the high school football team at the California School...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal

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The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal is a solid work of nonfiction by the psychologist and professor. She notes in the introduction tha...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

Ghosts of Honolulu by Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll, Jr.

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Ghosts of Honolulu by Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll, Jr. is a solid work of nonfiction subtitled A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hu...

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett is a lovely novel that brilliantly portrays the characters in the book. The setting is a hostage situation in Sou...
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett is a well-written novel that's character, rather than plot, driven, and a nice read about love and relationsh...

Gringos by Charles Portis

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Gringos by Charles Portis is a novel that tells the story of Jimmy Burns, an expatriate American in Mexico. The book recounts the bizarre ...
Friday, February 07, 2025

James by Percival Everett

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James by Percival Everett is an interesting novel that reimagines the Huck Finn story told through a first-person account by Jim, Huck...

Dickens and Prince by Nick Hornby

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Dickens and Prince by Nick Hornby is an interesting work of nonfiction that compares Charles Dickens and Prince. It's a fascinating co...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey is lovely work of nonfiction about the bedridden author and a connection she fel...
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

True Grit by Charles Portis

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True Grit by Charles Portis is an entertaining novel that was turned into an equally entertaining 2010 movie with Jeff Bridges, Hailee Ste...
Sunday, January 12, 2025

The Siege by Ben Macintyre

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The Siege by Ben Macintyre is an interesting work of nonfiction book  A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation Tha...
Thursday, January 09, 2025

Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

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Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is a solid follow up to his first book, The Tipping Point from 25  years ago, and the new ...
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

The Bookshop by Evan Friss

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The Bookshop by Evan Friss is a solid work of nonfiction subtitled A History of the American Bookstore .  Friss covers topics including a ...