(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) Wow! I want to thank the author for this sentimental journey. I was only on page 15 when I had already downloaded two albums from iTunes. Be prepared to have a whole new perspective listening to some classic oldies. Put your headset on and keep your smartphone close. You are going…
(Reviewed by Don Jung) Mr. Siegel sends a weekly letter to various Republican politicians on what they are doing wrong. This collection of letters to each Republican senator (including multiple ones to speaker McConnell) is filled with a satirical look at the problems that the U.S. Senate faces, and he describes his zany comments on…
(JD Jung) Dear readers, Yes, we realize that content is king. And we know that you want to see it all the time. That's the problem. There is so much out there to get our eyes on. We are constantly reading, searching for those literary gems to share with you. Unfortunately most of them don't…
(reviewed by JD Jung) “I’d still have to be Manis in name. I had his license, his passport, and his spotless record with the law. Manis was employable. Tom Gantry, the fugitive embezzler who’d violated parole in Illinois, was not.” Gantry did well in prison and the structure was just what he needed. When he…
(reviewed by JD Jung) “I think we should be de-emphasizing the attention paid in traditional history to great military heroes, to presidents, to Supreme Court justices, to members of Congress, because our history generally has been history pulled from top down…” The late historian Howard Zinn introduced us to new heroes such as Dorothy Day…
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Ms. Farya Navurian who suffers from depression, is the daughter of a famous astronaut. She falls in love with Bryan, a divorced telecom CEO. His job is not all that it seems, and as they begin to get to know each other, they share secrets that could cost them their lives.…
(Reviewed by Don Jung) This is a delightful mystery of two Texans going to housesit in Edinburgh, Scotland, and discovering the cultural heritage of a faraway distant land. Alen is a sheriff and his wife Joan, a 911 dispatcher who both decide to retire. They sell their house and all their belongings to start anew…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) I just finished reading Impeaching the President: Past, Present, and Future right as Trump was being unjustly though predictably acquitted of both impeachable offenses. Political science professor Alan Hirsch takes an in-depth look at the impeachments of Andrew Johnson in 1868, Richard Nixon in 1974 and Bill Clinton in 1998 from…
(Reviewed by Heidi A. Swan) I was captivated by the voice of the author from the very beginning. It is a translation of the best-selling novel by the Danish novelist, Palle Rosenkrantz, and was written over one hundred years ago. If you like Agatha Christie or if you liked the recent film “Knives Out”, there’s…
