Author Archives: J D Jung

An UnderratedRead Revisited: My Neighbour Osama Bin Laden – Yslar Tatuky

Posted on April 18, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned What happens when one puts Osama bin Laden and Salman Rushdie at the same dinner table? Yslar Tatuky is such a person as he has grand, though idealistic, hopes for humanity in his novel, My … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Late Fame (NYRB Classics) – Arthur Schnitzler (Author), Alexander Starritt (Translator)

Posted on April 12, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Around him was an atmosphere of hope, youth, self-confidence, and he breathed it in deeply. …some of the words they were using began to sound familiar to him…words he had thought of from time to … Continue reading →

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Stories of a Life-Nataliya Meshchaninova (Translated from the Russian by Fiona Bell)

Posted on April 6, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned You claim that your family is dysfunctional. You may blame them for your current emotional state or even hate them. However, you can’t help but empathize with this author after reading Stories of a Life … Continue reading →

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Accusation (A Raquel Rematti Legal Thriller Book 3) – Paul Batista

Posted on April 1, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned A-list celebrity Aaron Julian has recently been accused of sexual harassment and assault by multiple starlets. According to his accusers, he made sure that their careers would tank if they didn’t comply with his wishes. … Continue reading →

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Songs by Honeybird – Peter McDade

Posted on March 27, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) #CommissionsEarned “Find your focus and the story may write itself: music and drugs, race and gender, a tragic barn fire and a missing body. It’s all much more dramatic than one usually sees in a dissertation….” … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Small Moments: A Child’s Memories of the Civil Rights Movement – Mary M. Barrow

Posted on March 25, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) #CommissionsEarned I just discovered a treasure that you might not find if you’re depending on the mainstream bestsellers list for reading recommendations. I can’t say enough good things about Small Moments by Mary M. Barrow. Small … Continue reading →

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Tard – Del Staecker

Posted on March 17, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Thou shalt not be a victim, and thou shalt not be a perpetrator. But above all else—thou shalt not be a bystander.” That’s one lesson Richard Bettis learned from Matt. One referred to Matt Mueller … Continue reading →

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Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson – Tara T. Green

Posted on March 13, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ann Onymous ) #CommissionsEarned This book was not the biography I expected. Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) led an incredible life, full of love and activism indeed. This contribution into the oeuvre of African American history is from Dr. Tara … Continue reading →

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Rose Royal: A Love Story- Nicolas Mathieu (Translated from the French by Sam Taylor)

Posted on March 10, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Looking back over all those men, all those failed relationships, she came to one conclusion. She should never have loved them as much as she                      … Continue reading →

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Paris Noir: The Suburbs: Akashic Noir Series – Hervé Delouche (Editor)

Posted on March 5, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Where was French romanticism? The opulence of the West? I found Paris—Pantin, really—very different from what I had imagined. I found Pantin ugly…”. An Albanian national flees his country in fear for his life and … Continue reading →

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