Here’s a story about something that happened this week on NextDoor. For those who are unaware, NextDoor is a social media site that is specific to small geographic regions. The entire purpose is to create a sense of community within a neighborhood. It’s just a high-tech version of the community bulletin board. “Lost cat!” “Curb … More A Story
Four star review, originally posted here on October 4, 2019. Okay, look, this little book isn’t going to go winning any Pulitzers. Not exactly a monument of literary achievement. But for what it is, it is absolutely fantastic. For those who don’t know, Steve Dangle (real name Steve Glynn) is a hockey commentator, best know … More Goodreads Review: This Team Is Ruining My Life (But I Love Them): How I Became a Professional Hockey Fan by Steve “dangle” Glynn
Five star review, originally posted here on September 16, 2019. I’m trying to be honest with myself and decide how much my love for this book is impacted by the fact that the book I read immediately before it was a disappointing pile of trash and this book seemed like perfection by comparison. I honestly … More Goodreads Review: Long Man by Amy Greene
Two star review, originally posted here on September 3, 2019. ** spoiler alert ** This book was hot garbage. I’ve read a couple early Grisham novels and LOVED them. I’ve read a couple later Grisham novels and was neutral on them. This one looked like it might be a return to the classic southern storytelling … More Goodreads Review: The Reckoning by John Grisham
Four star review, originally posted here on August 14, 2019. I don’t even know how I stumbled onto this book. I didn’t know who Alison Arndgrim was, don’t think I’ve ever even seen an episode of Little House on the Prarie, etc. But somehow this wound up in my audiobooks. And holy cow, was I … More Goodreads Review: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim
Three star review, originally posted here on August 1, 2019 I was surprised to find myself kinda meh on this book. I think the biggest issue was that I did things backwards and had already read Grandin’s later book, Animals in Translation, which I found much more engaging. Grandin repeated a lot of the most … More Goodreads Review: Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin and Deborah Marlowe
Four star review, originally posted here on July 19, 2019. I don’t really have too much to say about this one besides what can already be inferred from the blurb. Ratner does a good job telling a sad, crazy story about childhood in Cambodia. It is a seriously messed up story, beautifully told with the … More Goodreads Review: In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
Four star review, originally posted here on July 16, 2019. Well this story is just batshit crazy! This is one of those non-fiction books with content so outrageously despicable that every couple pages you wind up screaming to somebody near you “Oh my God, they put the radium on their faces FOR FUN!” (or maybe … More Goodreads Review: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
Four star review, originally posted here on June 20, 2019. I’m a little behind and catching up the last few weeks worth of book reviews, so I’m a little surprised to see that I put 4 stars; current memory would have put it at 3 stars, because I am remembering the issues I had with … More Goodreads Review: Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker
Three star review, originally posted here on June 4, 2019. Meh, kinda repetitive, and the characters were stupid. (har har) Okay, no, for real, I’m not sure how to review a Special Report, but I read the whole damn thing, so I’m gonna try. First of all, I listened to the audiobook, which is … More Goodreads Review: The Mueller Report: The Findings of the Special Counsel Investigation by Robert S. Mueller III
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