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Tag Archives: COVID-19
Café Unfiltered – Jean-Philippe Blondel, translated by Alison Anderson
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Freedom of movement is what I want more than anything—particularly after eighteen months of restrictions.” Cafes just started to reopen after the release of the Covid-19 vaccines, and José, the waiter at Le Tom’s Café … Continue reading
Posted in French Literature
Tagged COVID-19, Paris
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An UnderratedRead Revisited – A Season in Lights: A Novel in Three Acts – Gregory Erich Phillips
(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 … Continue reading
Posted in Revisited
Tagged Broadway, Carnegie Hall, COVID-19, dancers, dreams, New York City, pianists
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Dangerous Conjectures – Brian Finney
(reviewed by JD Jung) “She couldn’t decide which was deteriorating faster—her life or the country. They were all in the hands of a president who was spreading misinformation as fast as the virus was spreading infection across the world.” “Even … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Political fiction, Romance
Tagged adultery, COVID-19, disinformation, drug addiction, emotion, facts, family, misinformation, QAnon, San Francisco
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More Terrifying Than Fiction
(by JD Jung) Every year this time, I go into our UnderratedReads vault and pull out some chilling horror novels to share. However, I couldn’t find anything as frightening as what is happening now in real life. As of this … Continue reading
Posted in What the...?
Tagged alt-right, COVID-19, Donald Trump, immigration, neo-fascism, White-nationalism
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An UnderratedRead Revisited due to Necessity:The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time – Brooke Gladstone
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “American history is picked with ferment, battles and brawls over with is true. But at this moment, the nation seems to waging Civil War over reality itself. It is thrilling to watch, and tough to sit … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Non-fiction, Politics
Tagged American politics, COVID-19, Donald Trump
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