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

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No Such Thing as the Perfect Crime

Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze

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Black Wings Has My Angel is narrated in the first person by an ex-convict using the alias Tim Sunblade. At the start of the story he has just wrapped up a season working on an oil rig and is getting ready to skip town. He just wants a nice bath and a woman to keep him company for the night. He winds up with more than he bargained for in Virginia, a hot-tempered woman on the run from some legal difficulties in New York. Tim […]

Boy Meets Car

Christine by Stephen King

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After Arnie Cunningham falls in love with a broken down junk pile vaguely resembling a ’58 Plymouth Fury, he’s desperate to own it. His friend Dennis thinks he’s gone crazy and his parents forbid it but for the first time in practically his entire life Arnie stands up for himself and buys “Christine.” As he goes to work on restoring the car a series of curious events commences. The previous owner dies suddenly, Arnie’s repairs are going better than could possibly be expected, but the […]

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

Needful Things by Stephen King

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Needful Things might just be the quintessential Stephen King experience. I tore through over 700 pages at a fantastic clip, enthralled by the plot and developing genuine concern for the characters. And then, the ending happened and I was left puzzled, annoyed, and uncertain how I felt about the book overall. The mysterious Leland Gaunt opens a new store in Castle Rock, Maine and one by one all the townsfolk stop by to see what’s on offer. Needful Things is a curious store that doesn’t […]

One Person Who Has Never Been in My Kitchen

Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise by Scott Eyman

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One of the most interesting things about Cary Grant is how open he was about the fact that he wasn’t actually Cary Grant. Unlike most stars, Grant never hid the fact that his professional name was a pseudonym or tried to suppress the fact that he was born Archibald Leach. He was equally candid about the fact that the suave, debonair gentleman he appeared to be was every bit as much of a performance as his work in front of the camera. Scott Eyman details […]

Written, Not Directed, by Quentin Tarantino

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino

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Quentin Tarantino’s first novel is a curious creature. Marketed as a novelization of his ninth and most recent movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the book) is really more of a companion piece. Perhaps I’m biased as a huge fan of the film, but it’s almost impossible to imagine a reader enjoying the novel without having seen the movie. Even funnier is to imagine such a reader pressing play for the first time after having read the book and trying to recognize the story […]

Blast From the Past

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

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Forty years later, retiree Tony Webster slowly comes to new realizations about a tragic event from his early twenties and the part he played in what happened. After his first girlfriend leaves him for one of his best friends, said friend winds up taking his own life shortly after. And then, life moved on. Tony traveled around, got married, had a kid, got divorced, worked a steady job for forty years and retired. He’s put Veronica and Adrian mostly out of his mind until a […]



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