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Feb 27, 2025
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Pop Open a Book or a Double-Dozen. My 2025 Reading ListBut I’m not really keeping count because I’m busy reading
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5d ago
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Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl MarlantesAn Audiobook Review of An American War Story
Feb 22
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Feb 22
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The Game You Played by Anni Taylor — An Audiobook ReviewA psychological suspense twister you won’t forget
Jan 23
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Jan 23
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Unspeakable by Kevin O’Brien — An Audiobook ReviewAn author in full command of his craft pens a 5-star suspense-thriller
Jan 12
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Jan 12
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The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham- A Book Review“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.” — Picasso
Jan 10
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Jan 10
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The Silent Corner by Dean Koontz-An Audiobook ReviewA modernized Manchurian Candidate tale with a terrifying twist
Jan 5
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Jan 5
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Absolution by Alice McDermott. An Audiobook ReviewA woman-to-woman memoir from a “help meet” wife in the 1960s
Dec 29, 2024
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Dec 29, 2024
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Tell Me You’re Sorry by Kevin O’Brien — An Audiobook ReviewOrphaned by a random crime and then left alone after her only sibling’s sudden and shocking death, a devastated sister’s grief is…
Dec 19, 2024
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Dec 19, 2024
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The Hope and The Glory and Other Stories from Herman Wouk That Brought the Light to an Antisemitic…The Jewish American Pulitzer Prize-winning author used fiction (and nonfiction) to tell the Jewish story like no other before or since
Dec 5, 2024
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Dec 5, 2024
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Fair Warning by Michael Connelly — A Book ReviewA determined reporter inadvertently stumbles into a story and finds a killer who uses modern science to select victims
Oct 18, 2024
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Oct 18, 2024
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Elvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley — An Audiobook ReviewA memoir from the only Queen to the King of Rock n’ Roll
Oct 7, 2024
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Oct 7, 2024
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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah — An Audiobook Review.A story of hope, horror, love, heartbreaking beauty and survival envelopes a family living in Alaska, the last great American frontier.
Sep 27, 2024
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Sep 27, 2024
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Peaceful Quiet Lives by Simon DillonThe mystery and thriller writer turns soothsayer and truthteller with this Orwellian-like saga on a future that sits on our doorstep
Sep 22, 2024
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Sep 22, 2024
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The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea-An Audiobook ReviewThis shot-in-the-dark selection turned out to be a sensational surprise
Sep 17, 2024
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Sep 17, 2024
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Duma Key by Stephen King — An Audiobook ReviewA terrible work accident instigates a lifestyle change that helps reveal an untapped talent for a dormant artist. What could be terrifying…
Sep 9, 2024
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Sep 9, 2024
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The Women by Kristin Hannah- An Audiobook ReviewIt’s only August, but this book is my highest-rated recommendation of the year. An absolute “Do Not Miss.”
Aug 28, 2024
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Aug 28, 2024
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The Bookstore War by Paul Combs — A Book ReviewThe band of bibliophiles are back in top form, facing battlefronts of evil — okay, not “evil,” but definitely against some seedy characters
Aug 5, 2024
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Aug 5, 2024
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Pageboy-A Memoir. By Elliot Page — An Audiobook ReviewA brief but devastating confession about a tormented journey of identity, denial and discovery
Jul 21, 2024
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Jul 21, 2024
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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway-A Book ReviewAn expatiation of the great American author’s first novel, nearly a century after its first publication
Jul 11, 2024
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Jul 11, 2024
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11.22.63 by Stephen King-An Audiobook ReviewA historical fiction thriller of a great American tragedy from the master of horror
Jul 7, 2024
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Jul 7, 2024
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