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This week we're looking at a seemingly comprehensive look at modern Muslim fashion. This week we're looking at Modesty by Hafsa Lodi.

I grew up in a fairly conservative Christian tradition, the Southern Baptist Church. While my church was a *bit* more moderate in dress - women were allowed to wear pants, though it was frowned upon by the senior citizen crowd, for example - I was in a region (exurban Atlanta) where knowing people who attended more conservative churches with more stringent dress codes wasn't uncomm

Novel: Awesome. Commentary: Meh. As a novel, this book was solid. Maybe a bit too weighed down in social commentary, particularly in the back third, and nowhere

Another Fast Paced Thriller. If you like Indiana

What's In Your Basket? This is the second time I've had the honor of working with one of my childhood literary heroes as an advance reader of his new book, and the first time

McKenzie Strikes Again. I first began reading McKenzi

This week we're looking at an intriguing story of small town optics and murder. This week we're looking at Stranger in the Lake by Kimberly Belle.

Having grown up on th

Complete MindF*ck. This was one of those books that sucks you in, doesn't let you go, and twists your brain every which way ima

Fun Style. This was a mostly light book that took a rare tack, and that is generally fun

Due to the COVID crisis, the book originally planned for this week's post got pushed back several months. And in light of recent events and how much I've been talking on Facebook about this particular book, I decided to dedicate this weekly post to it since it is so very crucial to understanding the events of the last week (and far longer). This week, we're (now) looking at Rise of the Warrior Cop by Radley Balko.

Quite simply, this is the singular most crucial book in understanding exactly how we got to the point we are currently in with policing in America, and the singular most comprehensive such book I've yet found. It is a very eve

Say Anything Meets A Star Is Born. This is the 2nd book in the current