03-09-2026
Not The Easiest Read, For A Lot Of Reasons. Read It Anyway. This is one of those books that a lot of people are going to have a lot of problems with from a variety of angles... and yet is actually *stronger* because of all the so-called "problems" or "difficulties".
A lot of the "problems" get deep into spoiler t
[Continue Reading]03-09-2026
Twisty Destination Thriller. This is one of those destination thrillers where you think you know what is happening... and then suddenly you realize how wrong you were. Yet also one where virtually no one is over
[Continue Reading]03-06-2026
Locked Room Mystery More On Women's Fiction End Than Horror End. Growing up at the border of Appalachia and Atlanta, halfway between Chattanooga and Atlanta, I saw the "See Rock City" signs - mostly barns - quite frequently. Have even been out there b
[Continue Reading]03-03-2026
Strong Tale Will Expose What Kind Of Reader You Are. In Gwaltney's debut, The Cicada Tree, you got a tale that could work commercially, but was never really going to be a *huge* hit in the most general circles - it was great, but there was enough there that would throw off more casual readers that are the bread and but
[Continue Reading]03-02-2026
Clarion Call For Post-COVID Society To Move More. In this text - based on a 2023 podcast and experiment Zomorodi helped orchestrate - the central point could not be more clear: Virtually all of us, particularly among white collar workers, in this post-COVID age need to move more. A lot more. To the tune of 5 minutes every 30 minutes. Nothing overly stressful, a casual stroll or its equivale
[Continue Reading]03-01-2026
Routine Conservative Christian Apologetics. Two things up front: the single star deduction is for prootexting, which is far too common in books such as this and is an automatic star deduction
[Continue Reading]02-27-2026
Short Yet Thoroughly Documented Clarion Call Inspired By Pollan's In Defense Of Food. In this text, Jacobsen explicitly sets out to do for sunlight what Michael Pollan once did for "rea
[Continue Reading]02-25-2026
"His Assessment Told Only Half The Story". Yes, this is a direct quote Sutton used in this book... and also quite possibly the most succinct summary of this text available. Despite having an ambitious premise with a rather large page count to expound upon it, Sutton here still manages to omit or dismiss key figures and movements when he deems them problematic (Lottie Moon, the Student Volunteer Movement, and Annie Armstrong), fails
[Continue Reading]02-24-2026
Strong (Historical) Women's Fiction Ends As A Breathtaking Thriller. First, I got this Advance Review Copy in a somewhat unusual manner - via winning Bryce's contest in the annual Great Big Giveaway Day 2025 hosted by the Facebook group Readers Coffeehouse, which I've been a member of for quite some time and actively assist the Founders (Steena Holmes, Laura Drake, Cathy Lamb, Barbara
[Continue Reading]02-18-2026
Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Werner Heisenberg. In this text, Joseloff almost portrays the leading nuclear scientists of the WWII era - particularly Oppenheimer and Fermi vs Heisenberg - as a Professor
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