The Professor’s Wife – Marina DelVecchio

Posted on December 21, 2021 by J D Jung

Reviewed by JD Jung) “She was not what she had promised, what she had led him to believe. And he couldn’t help but feel deceived. Tricked, somehow. Bitterness coursed through his bloodstream like an invisible worm consuming him from the inside.” Dr. Carl Bingham, a middle-aged professor of British literature was content living a life…

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In Remembrance – Eve Babitz (1943-2021)

Posted on December 18, 2021 by J D Jung

(by JD Jung) Author Eve Babitz who wrote about the decadent 1960's and 1970's sub-culture of Los Angeles passed away December 17th.  Her books were among the "highly recommended" on UnderratedReads. Revisit our reviews of her memoir "Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, The Flesh, and L.A.", and her novel "Sex and Rage". Her books…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: The Berlin Woman – Alan Kaufman

Posted on December 14, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “She turns her giving of love available to transact with, as a form of punishment, a torment, an affliction, an act of revenge. She replays overtures of love with suffering and pain.” So why is writer Nathan Falk so obsessed with the icy, callous but beautiful Lena? She’s also an…

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My Monticello – Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

Posted on December 7, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “My whole life, it seems, there’s been a revival of hatred and violence toward people who look like me. Waves of men have surged into our town from all over the state, the country.” This is Charlottesville, VA in the somewhat near future. After severe thunderstorms rip out the electrical…

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Five-Alarm Fire (Cat Caliban Series Book 5) – D.B. Borton

Posted on December 3, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff)   I have a friend named Dori. We don’t see each other or speak to each other often, but when we do get together, something special happens. We get into a rapid-fire back-and-forth that turns into laughter and the laughter feeds on itself and grows and grows until we don’t know…

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Seven Down – David Whitton

Posted on November 30, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned Why would someone agree to participate in a clandestine operation in which they knew nothing about? Would it be for the excitement, money, or for a totally different reason? This is the premise of the character-driven, off-beat novel, Seven Down. Not only did these people have no idea as to…

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Where Have You Been Bobby Marr?: Friend, Felon, Hero – Morris Dalla Costa

Posted on November 24, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch) #CommissionsEarned Where Have You Been Bobby Marr? is the memoir of Bobby Marr, a young man who left the US to fight in Viet Nam as a whole man, but came back in pieces, physically and mentally. And while all the king’s horses and all the king’s men tried to…

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A Season in Lights: A Novel in Three Acts – Gregory Erich Phillips

Posted on November 20, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Less than a year ago, when the curtain fell after the opening night applause, I assumed the New York City I knew---and my place in it---could last forever.” A Season in Lights celebrates performers and other creative artists who travel to New York to fulfill their dreams. Specifically, the story…

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Finding Dorothy – Elizabeth Letts

Posted on November 17, 2021 by J D Jung

(Review and poem by Betty Jo Tucker) #CommissionsEarned This review poem about the novel Finding Dorothy  by Elizabeth Letts is dedicated to the late JoAnne Pulcino, my dear cousin who loved watching The Wizard of Oz movie based on the works of L. Frank Baum.                    …

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Blues Highway Blues – Eyre Price

Posted on November 15, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned "Poor mannish boy, Danny, hear me        singing straight at you You know you sold your soul. And now          you've lost that                                            …

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