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March 2023 Leftovers

The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion by Eliot Brown, Maureen Farrell

The Terra-Cotta Dog by Andrea Cammalleri

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder by Susan Wels

Every Man a King by Walter Mosley

The Triumph of the Spider Monkey by Joyce Carol Oates

Robert B. Parker's Lullaby by Ace Atkins

The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker

Play the Fool by Lina Chern

April 2, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Man, that month went fast The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion**** I might have a lot more to say about this one had I finished it weeks ago but I’ll be honest, I’m starting to hit my limit on books about tech geniuses that the public discovers aren’t all they’re cracked up to be only after they’re handed billions of dollars. Theranos, Uber and now WeWork all run by self-glorifying con artists. This book is as well done as the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Ace Atkins, Adam Neumann, an assassin in utopia, Andrea Cammalleri, Boston, Charles Joseph Guiteau, corporate nonsense, eight perfect murders, Eliot Brown, Maureen Farrell, Every Man a King, feminism, hard case crime, Inspector Montalbano, isolation, James Garfield, Joyce Carol Oates, Julia Bartz, King Oliver, Lina Chern, lullaby, Maria Rosa Cutrufelli, mystery, new york, Peter Swanson, Play the Fool, presidential assassinations, Robert B. Parker, Robert B. Parker's Lullaby, Sicily, Spenser, Susan Wels, tarot reading, The Cult of We, The Godwulf Manuscript, the terra-cotta dog, The Triumph of the Spider Monkey, the writing retreat, tina mafia soldier, true crime, walter mosley, WeWork

Jake's CBR15 Review No:43 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Ace Atkins, Adam Neumann, an assassin in utopia, Andrea Cammalleri, Boston, Charles Joseph Guiteau, corporate nonsense, eight perfect murders, Eliot Brown, Maureen Farrell, Every Man a King, feminism, hard case crime, Inspector Montalbano, isolation, James Garfield, Joyce Carol Oates, Julia Bartz, King Oliver, Lina Chern, lullaby, Maria Rosa Cutrufelli, mystery, new york, Peter Swanson, Play the Fool, presidential assassinations, Robert B. Parker, Robert B. Parker's Lullaby, Sicily, Spenser, Susan Wels, tarot reading, The Cult of We, The Godwulf Manuscript, the terra-cotta dog, The Triumph of the Spider Monkey, the writing retreat, tina mafia soldier, true crime, walter mosley, WeWork ·
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February 2023 Leftovers

Dead Wind by Tessa Wegert

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two Goats, and the Era That Remade the World's Game by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg

The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz

The Title: The Story of the First Division by Scott Murray

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

The Fiancée by Kate White

The Guns of Heaven by Pete Hamill

February 28, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Hey on the last day of the month, it finally snowed in New York! Huzzah! Dead Wind**** I can’t talk about why I like this book without even the mildest of spoilers if you’ve been following the series. So I’ll talk about what I appreciate. I’ve been in an on-and-off reading slump the last two months. It’s been hard to finish stuff. Tessa Wegert’s Shana Merchant series really feels like the exception to the rule. I like her writing, her pacing, her protagonist. All good. One […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #IRA, agatha christie, Anthony Horowitz, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dead Wind, England, English football, evil under the sun, FC Barcelona, hard case crime, Hawthorne and Horowitz, Hercule Poirot, Inspector Montalbano, Ireland, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg, karen m mcmanus, kate white, Lionel Messi, maureen johnson, Messi vs. Ronaldo, mystery, New York (State), New York City, one of us is lying, Pete Hamill, Real Madrid, Scott Murray, Shana Merchant, Sicily, Soccer, sports, Tessa Wegert, The Fiancée, The Guns of Heaven, The Sentence is Death, the shape of water, The Title, the vanishing stair, thriller, truly devious, Vermont, Young Adult

Jake's CBR15 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #IRA, agatha christie, Anthony Horowitz, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dead Wind, England, English football, evil under the sun, FC Barcelona, hard case crime, Hawthorne and Horowitz, Hercule Poirot, Inspector Montalbano, Ireland, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg, karen m mcmanus, kate white, Lionel Messi, maureen johnson, Messi vs. Ronaldo, mystery, New York (State), New York City, one of us is lying, Pete Hamill, Real Madrid, Scott Murray, Shana Merchant, Sicily, Soccer, sports, Tessa Wegert, The Fiancée, The Guns of Heaven, The Sentence is Death, the shape of water, The Title, the vanishing stair, thriller, truly devious, Vermont, Young Adult ·
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“I’m as God wants, No more, no less”

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke

February 17, 2022 by jomidi Leave a Comment

From Scratch, a charming memoir by Trembi Locke, is a wonderful reflection on life, death, family, food, and Sicily. Trembi, a fairly successful actress whom I had never heard of, is a smart black Texan, who falls in love with a Sicilian chef while studying abroad in Rome.  This memoir covers their meeting when she is young,  the expanding of their family when they adopt a child, his losing battle with cancer, and her coming to terms with widowhood. Her husband’s family initially refuses not […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #food, #memoir, cooking, From Scratch, Sicily, Tembi Locke, trembi locke

jomidi's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #food, #memoir, cooking, From Scratch, Sicily, Tembi Locke, trembi locke ·
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Detective of the People

The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Scascia

July 30, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

There are plenty of crime novels at home and abroad that function as social critiques for their nation/state/metropolitan setting. Crime fiction is a good stalking horse for social commentary, because much of what passes for social commentary in crime fiction focuses on injustice real or perceived: racism, gender and economic inequality, urban decay, social despair, etc. Some books are better than others at doing this. All could take a lesson from Leonardo Sciascia’s The Day of the Owl. Less a murder mystery and more an examination […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Italy, Leonardo Sciascia, mystery, Sicily, The Day of the Owl

Jake's CBR11 Review No:68 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Italy, Leonardo Sciascia, mystery, Sicily, The Day of the Owl ·
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