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June 2024 Leftovers

The First Quarry by Max Allan Collins

Kings of the Garden: The New York Knicks and Their City by Adam J. Criblez

Out On The Cutting Edge by Lawrence Block

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nevada by Imogene Binnie

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford Dictionary by Simon Winchester

Exalted by Anna Dorn

July 5, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Happy Pride to all who celebrate! The First Quarry**** I was disappointed in the quality of the last couple of Quarry novels so I wasn’t expecting much…but this was good. One of his best plots and I really enjoyed it. Could’ve done without the racism. Big believer that you can show the casual racism of the past (1970s) without wallowing in it and the book does that. Otherwise, it’s good. Kings of the Garden: The New York Knicks and Their City**** Stretching a four star […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: #fantasy, #history, Adam J. Criblez, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Anna Dorn, astrology, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, crime, dictionary, Exalted, grief, hip-hop, hitman, Imogene Binnie, Kings of the Garden, lawrence block, lewis carroll, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Matthew Scudder, Max Allan Collins, mystery, NBA, Nevada, New York City, New York Knicks, Notes on Grief, Out On the Cutting Edge, Quarry, rap, Simon Winchester, The First Quarry, The Professor and the Madman, trans, true crime

Jake's CBR16 Review No:99 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Sports, Suspense · Tags: #fantasy, #history, Adam J. Criblez, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Anna Dorn, astrology, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, crime, dictionary, Exalted, grief, hip-hop, hitman, Imogene Binnie, Kings of the Garden, lawrence block, lewis carroll, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Matthew Scudder, Max Allan Collins, mystery, NBA, Nevada, New York City, New York Knicks, Notes on Grief, Out On the Cutting Edge, Quarry, rap, Simon Winchester, The First Quarry, The Professor and the Madman, trans, true crime ·
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American Ghost Stories

Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins

January 28, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Claire Vaye Watkins has an infamous father. I don’t point this out in a salacious “looky here” way, but this father looms large over the first story in this collection. Her father is Tex Watson, yes, that Tex Watson. Murderer. Manson Family member. Currently and indefinitely imprisoned Tex Watson who married a prison pen pal and fathered four children while in jail. Claire wrests the reins from her father, her family, and her history to tell her own story- and it’s a doozy. All of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories, Western Tagged With: American West, claire vaye watkins, curses, ghosts, Gold, Las Vegas, Longing, manson, Nevada, Reno, silver, Spahn Ranch, Tex Watkins

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Western · Tags: American West, claire vaye watkins, curses, ghosts, Gold, Las Vegas, Longing, manson, Nevada, Reno, silver, Spahn Ranch, Tex Watkins ·
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