( by JD Jung) We at UnderratedReads wish all our readers a safe and Happy New Year filled with health, love, and truth throughout 2022. We have discovered wonderful books during 2021 to help us get through these trying times. Since we only post reviews of books that we recommend, all books on our site…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned On January 16, 1920, the Volstead Act was enacted, which established Prohibition in the United States. Of course, people found a way around it and alcohol consumption and bootlegging flourished. Jazz Age Cocktails takes an in-depth look at Prohibition and the rise of the cocktail culture of the 1920s, predominantly…
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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
