Saturday, August 26, 2023

The Book of Charlie by David Von Drehle

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The Book of Charlie by David Von Drehle is a solid book subtitled Wisdom From the Remarkable American Life of a 109-year-old Man . Von Dre...

The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

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The Art Thief by Michael Finkel is a solid work of nonfiction subtitled A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession . Finkel tel...
Saturday, August 12, 2023

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

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Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson is an entertaining novel by the author of the excellent book  Nothing to See Here .  In his la...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

The Time Has Come by Will Leitch

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The Time Has Come by Will Leitch , who also wrote the novel  How Lucky , is a short and interesting novel. This latest work of fiction from...

When the Heavens Went on Sale by Ashlee Vance

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When the Heavens Went on Sale by Ashlee Vance is a solid book subtitled The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach . Vance ...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Find a Way by Diana Nyad

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Find a Way by Diana Nyad is a great work of nonfiction about her life and 2013 swim from Cuba to Florida at the age of sixty-four. The tri...

The Lemon by S.E. Boyd

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The Lemon by S.E. Boyd is a fun and entertaining novel written by  Kevin Alexander ,  Joe Keohane , and  Alessandra Lusardi , with S.E. Boy...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus is an interesting and fun novel set in the 1950s, covering well what women had to deal with at the h...

The Wager by David Grann

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The Wager by David Grann is a good work of nonfiction subtitled A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder . Grann recounts the story of the B...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

It's All Relative by A.J. Jacobs

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It's All Relative by A.J. Jacobs is an entertaining book subtitled Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree  with Jacobs te...

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin is a novel that chronicles the lives of video game designers Sadie Green and Sam M...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland

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The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland is a powerful work of nonfiction subtitled The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World . ...
Sunday, March 26, 2023

Spare by Prince Harry

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Spare by Prince Harry is an autobiography that’s both compelling and well-crafted, with Harry writing it along with J.R. Moehringer , ghos...
Sunday, February 26, 2023

Bad City by Paul Pringle

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Bad City by Paul Pringle is a solid work of nonfiction subtitled Peril and Power in the City of Angels . Pringle is a reporter for the Los...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

Flight of Passage by Rinker Buck

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Flight of Passage by Rinker Buck is a solid book, and the first from the writer of The Oregon Trail and Life on the Mississippi . Publish...
Sunday, January 15, 2023

River of the Gods by Candice Millard

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River of the Gods by Candice Millard is a solid book subtitled  Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile . T...

Sooley by John Grisham

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Sooley by John Grisham  departs from Grisham's most common area of legal thrillers, with this novel tracing the path of Samuel Sooleymo...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck

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Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck is an excellent travelogue of sorts, in the same vein of his book The Oregon Trail . In this latest...
Tuesday, December 27, 2022

The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama

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The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama is a solid follow up to her book Becoming from 2018. The first is more of an autobiography and this ...
Saturday, December 03, 2022

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White

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The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White  was first published in 1959 and over 10 million copies have been sold of this ...