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More Vacation Reading

Black Edge: Insider Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street by Sheelah Kolhatkar

Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem and Russia's Attack on the West by Luke Harding

Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? by Ethan Brown

The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep by Lawrence Block

August 29, 2020 by Jake 1 Comment

I was on vacation last week (with all the requisite social distancing procedures) and I did a lot of vacation reading. I’m not sure why but lately I’ve been on a non-fiction kick, thus, three out of the four books I read were non-fic. Fortunately for me, everything I read was at least good and all merited the coveted 4-stars. Black Edge I became interested in this story when I learned that Steve Cohen and Preet Bharara’s relationship was the basis for the hit Showtime […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Black Edge, Donald Trump, espionage, Ethan Brown, Evan Michael Tanner, Hedge Fund, lawrence block, Louisiana, Luke Harding, Murder in the Bayou, preet bharara, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, Shadow State, Sheelah Kolhatkar, Steve Cohen, The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep, true crime, True Detective, Vladimir Putin, Wall Street

Jake's CBR12 Review No:134 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Black Edge, Donald Trump, espionage, Ethan Brown, Evan Michael Tanner, Hedge Fund, lawrence block, Louisiana, Luke Harding, Murder in the Bayou, preet bharara, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, Shadow State, Sheelah Kolhatkar, Steve Cohen, The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep, true crime, True Detective, Vladimir Putin, Wall Street ·
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The President of the United States

Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump by Harry Hurt III

August 22, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

I understand what makes Wayne Barrett the great Trump chronicler but I have tried so many times to read his book on the President and I just can’t get through the first 40 or so pages. It’s larded with facts and names but not streamlined narratively so for easy reading. In her book Hiding In Plain Sight, Sarah Kendzior mentioned that one but she also mentioned Lost Tycoon, a book on Trump I’d never heard of. I grabbed it during a borrowing spree from the library and […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #biography, Donald Trump, Harry Hurt III, Ivana Trump, Lost Tycoon, Marla Maples

Jake's CBR12 Review No:130 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #biography, Donald Trump, Harry Hurt III, Ivana Trump, Lost Tycoon, Marla Maples ·
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Psycho Killer…Q’est que ce?

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

August 21, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

The other night, I watched The Silence of the Lambs and became confident that it’s one of my all-time favorite movies. However, it got me thinking about the book. It’s been years since I read it and I could only vaguely recall the differences between the two. So after I was done, I decided to check it out for the first time in a long time. It’s a good book, at times very good, but perhaps not a great one. Harris’ great creation: the menacing Dr. […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Clarice Starling, Hannibal Lecter, horror, mystery, The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris

Jake's CBR12 Review No:129 · Genres: Horror, Mystery · Tags: Clarice Starling, Hannibal Lecter, horror, mystery, The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris ·
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Honky Tonk

The Fallen by Ace Atkins

August 17, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

I’ve accepted the fact that Ace Atkins is basically going to write the same book each time with the Quinn Colson series. Over-their-head gangsters with connections to Tibbehah. People swooping in from Quinn’s past. A bunch of random references to vaginas. Some dirty dealing Mississippi pols and crooks. And overall, mostly fun southern fried crime stories. I don’t know if I would have gorged on this series so hard had it not been for quarantine. But I’m glad I am. They’re enjoyable. Atkins knows how […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ace Atkins, crime, mississippi, mystery, Quinn Colson, The Fallen, Tibbehah County

Jake's CBR12 Review No:128 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ace Atkins, crime, mississippi, mystery, Quinn Colson, The Fallen, Tibbehah County ·
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An Unexpected Reading Week

The Herd by Andrea Bartz

Cross to Bear by John Maginnis

Hiding In Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump by Sarah Kendzior

Quarry's List by Max Allan Collins

August 14, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

This turned out to be an unexpected reading week for me as I knocked out four books between Monday and tonight. However, I worked a lot this week and was just too damn tired to log everything when I was finished so I’m dropping it all here. The Herd 3 stars I gave Andrea Bartz’s debut a weak 4-stars as I graded it on the new author curve. It was a fun New York tale but I feel like it could have been better. I was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: andrea bartz, Cross to Bear, David Duke, Donald Trump, Edwin Edwards, Hiding In Plain Sight, hitmen, John Maginnis, Max Allan Collins, mystery, New Orleans, New York City, politics, Quarry, Quarry's List, Racism, Robert Mueller, Russia, Sarah Kendzior, The Herd

Jake's CBR12 Review No:127 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: andrea bartz, Cross to Bear, David Duke, Donald Trump, Edwin Edwards, Hiding In Plain Sight, hitmen, John Maginnis, Max Allan Collins, mystery, New Orleans, New York City, politics, Quarry, Quarry's List, Racism, Robert Mueller, Russia, Sarah Kendzior, The Herd ·
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Journey To Hell

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

August 10, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

This is one of those books where the less said, the better. I’d recommend not even reading the premise, not because of spoilers but because it will allow you to make the journey easier. It’s a horror tale but it’s not your typical guts-and-gore horror tale. It’s psychological but in a way you’re probably not expecting. It’s literary, but not too haughty. It’s philosophical, at times pretentiously so but it mostly leans on to the story it’s telling. It’s really important here to pay attention […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: horror, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, iain reid

Jake's CBR12 Review No:123 · Genres: Horror · Tags: horror, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, iain reid ·
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