(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “I also hate the ladies of Bogotá among whom I count myself, though I do all I can to stand apart. I hate their habit of using the term “Indians” to refer to people they consider to be from a low social class…. I hate so many things in so…
(Reviewed by Don Jung) When I first started reading Fire and Vengeance, I didn’t know what I was in for. What I soon realized was that I was experiencing a thrilling murder mystery amidst the gorgeous Big Island in Hawaii. A volcanic explosion that destroyed a school building with multiple casualties just looked like an…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned An untimely death at a housewarming party takes place just prior to the millennium, and Silicon Valley IT professional Steve Galanos is trying to make sense of it all. Later, he proceeds to recount events of December 1999 that led up to the tragedy. The ordeal centers around his friendship…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned Why did Reed’s grandparents want him to have the best education? “His answer: "So I could participate in the great American ladder climb, where East Asians hoard resources and try to become white at the expense of Back and Brown people.” Reed is a twenty-one-year-old Columbia University student originally from…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “An entire life, lived on the outside edges, like a shadow pressing into other people’s problems and dramas.” What happens when you deny your true self in order to avoid conflict and comply with other’s expectations of you? Gavin married his college sweetheart, had a son, but hated the well-paying…
(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) “It always amazes me how any version of the same story can circulate in a small town.” If you love an Irish mystery - and who doesn’t? You’ll enjoy this story given to us from across the Isle. Our local solicitor, Sarah Benedicta “Ben” O’Keeffe is trying to keep her…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned My first introduction to Tom Waits was in Jim Jarmusch’s 1985 film, “Down By Law”. I found him quite enigmatic, and as a singer/songwriter was drawn to his authenticity. While reading Song Noir, I realized why. Waits was intrigued by similar literary and cultural genres as I was, specifically the…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned For yoga aficionados who wish to dig deeper into the theory of their practice, this is the book for you. Author Dr. Raj Balkaran’s hope is that the book “will not only deepen your inner life, but will also introduce you to and inspire you to learn more about the…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Punk rock is pure, it stands for nothing.” It’s the early 2000’s and sixteen-year-old Kat feels that punk rock was intrinsically made for her. She desperately wants to be accepted by the punk crowd in her hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The daughter of Eastern European immigrants, her mother…
(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch) #CommissionsEarned The Safe Game by Wes Verde is undoubtedly one of the best books I have ever read. Set in the late 1920’s America, it follows the story of three con artists trying to pull off their final score before retiring from the game. The cons — two men and…
