(reviewed by JD Jung) 1933-Havana Cuba: Irishman Marcus Riley’s objective is to kidnap the visiting Winston Churchill and hold him hostage in exchange for IRA members serving time in London prisons. However former Detective Inspector Walter Thompson, now serving as Churchill’s bodyguard, thwarts his plans. Fast forward to 1940. London is under siege by Nazis…
(reviewed by JD Jung) The Shining, a collection of over thirty poems, takes us to places similar to those that the Overlook Hotel made famous through Stephen King’s novel and Stanley Kubrick’s film of the same name. Though just as haunting, this journey is different. These eerie tales take a feminist perspective, as the protagonist…
(reviewed by JD Jung) “I was an inconsequential being who had suddenly become deathly afraid of life.” Our present-day narrator suffers from mental/psychological disorders: frequent panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, substance abuse, and changing levels of agoraphobia. Eventually she breaks off all social contact and won’t even leave the house. Her most bizarre belief though,…
(reviewed by JD Jung) For those of you who have thought about maintaining an indoor plant but don’t know where to start, How Not to Kill Your Plant is the book for you. This guide is comprehensive and will provide everything you will need, as well as choosing the right houseplant. This includes what to…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The game of espionage, at its essence, is observation, seduction, patience. And a fluid relationship with your sense of self. To commit espionage at the highest levels you have to be willing to forget who you are in order to inhabit someone else." Our protagonist, a young and single British woman…
(by JD Jung) You may wonder why we don’t post reviews more often. Yes, we realize that "Content is king", and we know that you want to see it all the time. However, there is so much out there to get our eyes on. We are constantly searching for those literary gems…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Clare Carlson, news director for Channel 10 News in New York City is experiencing a mid-life crisis. She’s about to turn fifty years old, three times married, and still looking for Mr. Right. Let’s also not forget that she is trying to repair a relationship with her adult daughter. Added to…
( by JD Jung) We at UnderratedReads wish all our readers a safe and Happy New Year filled with health, love, justice, and tolerance throughout 2024 and beyond. We have discovered so many magnificent books during 2023, and since we only post reviews of books that we recommend, all books on our site are…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “After a divorce and a doctorate, a global pandemic and a murder, after a smattering of death threats, a lot of books, and even more booze, I found myself offering up my past with a kind of addict’s dissociation. “ Juniper Fitzgerald became pregnant while in graduate school and working…
