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September 2023 Leftovers

Ex Machina, Book Five by Brian K. Vaughan

Windfall by Wendy Corsi Staub

The Big Bundle by Max Allan Collins

The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri

Guts and Genius: The Story of Three Unlikely Coaches Who Came to Dominate the NFL in the '80s by Bob Glauber

October 3, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Let’s please do something about climate change before it’s too late. I miss fall. And far more importantly: people’s lives are at stake. Ex Machina Book Five **** Mixed feelings on how this series ended. I think in many respects, the superhero stuff was handled better than the political angle through most of its run. That’s not something I thought I’d be saying after the first book. Making Mayor Hundred a contrarian centrist type was uninspired back then and comes off as even more annoying […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Andrea Camilleri, Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh, Bob Glauber, Brian K. Vaughan, Ex Machina, Ex Machina Book Five, football, Graphic Novel, Guts and Genius, Heller, historical fiction, Inspector Montalbano, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Gibbs, Max Allan Collins, mystery, Nathan Heller, New York City, nfl, politics, Robert F Kennedy, Sicily, sports, super heroes, The Big Bundle, The Snack Thief, Wendy Corsi Staub, Windfall

Jake's CBR15 Review No:142 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Sports, Suspense · Tags: #Science Fiction, Andrea Camilleri, Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh, Bob Glauber, Brian K. Vaughan, Ex Machina, Ex Machina Book Five, football, Graphic Novel, Guts and Genius, Heller, historical fiction, Inspector Montalbano, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Gibbs, Max Allan Collins, mystery, Nathan Heller, New York City, nfl, politics, Robert F Kennedy, Sicily, sports, super heroes, The Big Bundle, The Snack Thief, Wendy Corsi Staub, Windfall ·
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The Irishman

I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt

September 13, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

I Heard You Paint Houses is not a good book. It’s like reading a court transcript with historical footnoting, which made it a slog for me to read. Maybe Charles Brandt’s other books are better because he’s more interested in editorializing his subject’s reminiscence instead of just putting it out there with minimal context and background work. However, the book did what it needed to do for me. I’m a big Martin Scorsese fan and this is the inspiration for his newest movie The Irishman. Instead of looking […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: charles brandt, i heard you paint houses, Jimmy Hoffa, mafia, true crime

Jake's CBR11 Review No:91 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: charles brandt, i heard you paint houses, Jimmy Hoffa, mafia, true crime ·
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