Author Archives: J D Jung
Operation Chaos: The Trump Coup Attempt and the Campaign to Erode Democracy – Kevin James Shay
(Reviewed by JD Jung) It’s bad enough that many Republicans still refuse to accept the validity of the legitimate 2020 U.S. Presidential election. Now congressmen such as Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and others even refuse … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, History, Non-fiction, Politics
Tagged authoritarianism, book reviews, democracy, insurrection, political history, racism, Republican party, Trump, White-nationalism
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Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance – Erica Dhawan
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Have you ever read an email or text that you felt was curt or angry, only to discover that was not the intention of the sender? Worse, have you been the one who was accused of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Non-fiction, Your Best Self
Tagged body language, Business, computers, digital communication, digital signatures, email, IM, technology, texting
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Smokescreen: What the Marijuana Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know-Kevin A. Sabet
(Reviewed by Heidi A. Swan) Whether you are for marijuana legalization or against it, it is important to understand the truths about the industry and how laws are being made. Additionally, marijuana is a drug, and like every other drug, … Continue reading
Posted in Non-fiction
Tagged book reviews, drugs, marijuana
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We Are Bridges: A Memoir – Cassandra Lane
(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) “We are bridges made of blood and water, soil and skin.” Yes, we are bridges: connecting our present to our past and to our future. Cassandra Lane’s great-grandfather was named Burt Bridges. He was lynched … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged book reviews, family, police brutality, racism, social justice
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A Sunday in Ville-d’Avray – Dominique Barbéris (Author), John Cullen (Translator)
(reviewed by JD Jung) “My sister had always been incapable of choosing. She was also incapable of breaking off the relationship…She was yielding little by little—I see that now, and something in me understood her—to the novel-like element he imported … Continue reading
Posted in French Literature, Modern Literary Fiction, Skinny reads
Tagged Paris, suburbs
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The Man Who Lived Underground – Richard Wright, Afterward by Malcolm Wright
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…even though his entire body was drenched in what seemed to him a cloud of hot vapor, even though his throat gagged at the reeking odors, he felt that he was safe for the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Lost and almost forgotten, Our Best, Social Justice
Tagged ethics, police brutality, racism, Religion, violence
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A Pocketful Of Confidence: Self-help for the confidence-challenged – Nancy Lombardo
(Review and poem by Betty Jo Tucker) A helpful book to live by, folks. filled with secrets and even jokes. “A Pocketful of Confidence” Includes great tips that make good sense. Easy reading and lots of fun Your life will … Continue reading
Posted in Non-fiction, Our Best, Your Best Self
Tagged psychology, self-help
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Revisited Again – Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment – Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The militias referred to in the Second Amendment were intended as a means for white people to eliminate Indigenous communities in order take their land, and for slave patrols to control Black people.” American historian Roxanne … Continue reading
Posted in Revisited
Tagged gun control, gun violence, mass murders
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The Last Twist of the Knife – João Almino (Author), Elizabeth Lowe (Translator)
(reviewed by JD Jung) “Pieces of the past arrive that either frighten me or invite me to a reunion. It’s what I see, what I hear. The rest I imagine…” A seventy-year-old lawyer decides to abandon his current life in … Continue reading
Posted in Latin American Literature, Modern Literary Fiction, Skinny reads, World Literature
Tagged Brazil, Crime, jealousy, revenge, translated world literature
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Shackles of the Storm – D. Kardenal & L. Kardenal
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Shackles of the Storm is the first book in the Spirits of Seiran series. The story is set in the seaside port city of Kahlaran. The story begins with Zaira, the adopted daughter of a perfumer … Continue reading
Posted in Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Mythology
Tagged fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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