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36 years old. Lifelong New Jersey resident. Fan of mystery novels, classic literature, and non-fiction about movies, television, sports, and American history.

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Moneyball

The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg

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Like many Americans, I have become increasingly interested in the English Premier League over the last few years. I find myself drawn to the history of the game and the passion of its fans. The concept of relegation and promotion, completely unthinkable in American pro sports, are irresistible and imbue every game with high stakes. There is also the fact that I just like having live sports on TV (or Peacock, grumble grumble) on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Watching the games you get some sense […]

Not That Prince Charles

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

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Let’s start with disclaimers, so you know where I’m coming from. The first is that I’m a big Stephen King fan, though a bit of a latecomer, and I am determined to read his entire output. The second is that fantasy novel are anathema to me. I just can’t. With the fake place names and the character names that are sorta like real people names but just a little off, and the whole “quest” structure where the hero runs into one strange new figure after […]

Dragon’s Breath

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Axl and Beatrice, two elderly Britons, are living out their days in a post-Arthurian England when they become obsessed with the idea of taking a trip to visit their long-departed son in his village. They embark on an arduous journey in which they encounter knights, warriors, monks, ogres, and even a dragon. Their trip is hampered by the fact that the whole country seems to be under a sort of spell. No one has much of a memory anymore. Axl and Beatrice don’t remember what […]

Teenagers, Turtles, But Not a Mutant Ninja in Sight

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

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High-school student Aza Holmes has a lot on her mind, all the time. Not only is she still dealing with the trauma of her father’s death, but her anxiety is constantly threatening to spiral out of control. So when her rich acquaintance’s father goes missing, Aza is reluctant to get involved. It’s only her best friend Daisy’s desperation for the cash reward that spurs her to re-connect with her old camp friend and start digging into the disappearance. As Aza renews her friendship with Davis […]

Eating Your Grief

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

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Reading Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner’s examination of her relationship with her mother in the aftermath of her early death from cancer, it was impossible for me not to psychoanalyze the author and eventually it became impossible for not to psychoanalyze myself as well. In all it made this book about a necessarily heavy topic a rather burdensome read and not one I particularly enjoyed. Zauner, the lead singer of the pop band Japanese Breakfast, grew up in Oregon with her Caucasian father and […]

Playing Games

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is the tale of the friendship between Sam Masur, later Mazer, and Sadie Green, video game-designers, business-partners, and two-thirds of the founders of Unfair Games. It was video games that brought the unlikely pair into each other’s lives to begin with. Sam is recovering from a car accident that killed his mother and permanently damaged his foot while Sadie is visiting her cancer-patient older sister when the two begin gaming in the hospital’s game room. Years later, after some bumps […]



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