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TOGETHER WE WILL GO – J. Michael Straczynski
Things haven’t gone well for Mark Antonelli, a failed young writer with a grim future. So he puts together a plan…. Mark buys a beat-up old tour bus and hires an ex-vet to be the driver, and he plans to drive/ride across the country. He places ads in newspapers along the route and will pick up… Continue reading
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PRIESTESS OF MORPHINE – Marie Madeleine
Whoa … where did this come from?! ‘Discovering’ a book like this is one of the joys of reading to review. Marie Madeleine was not likely to be on my radar, but I found her work to be significant. Baroness Gertrud Freifrau von Puttkamer (born Gertrud Günther) was a German writer of lesbian-themed erotica. She… Continue reading
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THE UNWINDING AND OTHER DREAMINGS – Jackie Morris
What kind of book is this? The drawings and narrative feel like a poetic children’s book. But the creator suggests it’s more of a meditative book … something to put on the night stand and read a couple of pages before bed after a long day? Whatever it is, it’s pretty to look at. These… Continue reading
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THE AENEID – Virgil
Somehow I managed to get through high school and college without ever having read The Aeneid. I’m happy to have finally corrected that. Inspired by Homer’s slightly better-known, more familiar works, Virgil’s The Aeneid takes the hero, Aeneas, a survivor of the fall of Troy, and tells his story of war and defeat, his loves and passion, and… Continue reading
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ALL’S WELL – Mona Awad
Well, this didn’t work for me at all. A one-time theatre professional, Miranda Fitch, is now a college professor and she’s close to losing this job. She is addicted to pain-killers for her chronic back pain. She loathes herself, her students, her life. She has selected Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well – one of his ‘problem’ plays… Continue reading
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Looking For the Best Book of 2021
At the end of each year I take a look back on the books that I’ve read and try to determine the best books I’ve read in each category and the best book I read during the year. This is a best of those I’ve read and reviewed in 2021, not necessarily the best books published in… Continue reading
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THE SUN ALSO RISES – Ernest Hemingway
“The Lost Generation.” Following World War I a group of friends try to find some meaning in their lives as they hang out and party and drink in Europe. I read and reviewed this book a little over five years ago, and I’ll use a lot of that review here because my thoughts about this… Continue reading
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ODIN – Diana L. Paxson
I feel as though there has been a real resurgence of interest in Norse mythology in the past five years or so, and at the top of that Norse gods pyramid is the all-father, Odin. My own interest in Norse mythology has been high for many years and I’m always interested in learning more which… Continue reading
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THE DOVER ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, VOLUME I – Bob Blaisdell, editor
I never thought I’d read a book like this once I graduated from college, but here I am, delving into the past and reading an assortment of classic, American works. For a bibliophile such as myself, I find that there are more classic works of literature that I want to read, but because of all… Continue reading
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ANARCHY OF THE MICE – Jeff Bond
Molly McGill is a twice-divorced single mother with a struggling P.I. business. She’s struggling to hold her life (and her kids’ lives) together and seeing her teenage son wearing a t-shirt that supports the “Blind Mice” – a group of anarchists who have been disrupting government functions and have been in the news frequently –… Continue reading
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HAMNET – Maggie O’Farrell
When is the death of a child beautiful? When it’s a story written by Maggie O’Farrell. It is 1585 and the woman Agnes settles with her husband in Stratford. They have three children – a daughter, Susanna, and then fraternal twins, Hamnet and Judith. Her husband is gone more often than not, to London, where… Continue reading
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CIRCLE OF STONES – Suzanne Alyssa Andrew
This is a story of Nik, an art student, and his girlfriend Jennifer, a dancer. Like many eccentric artists, Nik is obsessive – especially when it comes to painting his dancer girlfriend. On the day Jennifer goes missing, Nik’s world falls apart. With few clues to Jennifer’s past, Nik begins a cross-country trip to find… Continue reading
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