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Book Review: The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzales James

The mash up of a Mexican western, a generational saga, and magical realism works extremely well at the hands of…

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Book Review: 1794: The City Between the Bridges by Niklas Natt och Dag

1794: The City Between the Bridges is a dark, brutal story is unrelenting, but difficult to stop reading which is…

4 months ago

Fun Facts Friday: William Gaddis

William Gaddis was an American novelist and satirist. Mr. Gaddis is known for his novel, The Recognitions which was named…

4 months ago

Book Review: The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin could be considered three books in one. Two biographies and a history of…

4 months ago

Book Review: Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World’s Greatest Art Forger by Tony Tetro

I specifically enjoyed Mr. Tetro’s techniques of aging his paintings. How he managed to buy old paper, as well as…

4 months ago

Fun Facts Friday: Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson (22 December, 1869 – 6 April, 1935) was a poet, playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Nobel Prize…

4 months ago

Audiobook Review: All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks

All About Me! concentrates more on the author’s entertainment portfolio, and all the things which made Melvin Kaminsky into Mel…

4 months ago

Book Review: The Armor of Light by Ken Follett

I fully realized I was being manipulated, and yet I couldn’t stop reading. The historical detail paired with engaging characters…

4 months ago

Fun Facts Friday: Muriel Rukeyser

Muriel Rukeyser was an American writer, biographer, and political activist. She is know for her poems on social justice, Judaism,…

5 months ago

Book Review: The Complete Personal Memoirs of General Ulysses S. Grant

I especially enjoyed reading about his relationship with General Sherman & Abraham Lincoln. Grant writes in direct and precise language,…

5 months ago

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