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July-August 2024 Leftovers

Heartsick by Chelsea Cain

Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney

Confucius for Christians: What and Ancient Chinese Worldview Can Teach Us about Life in Christ by Greg A. Ten Elshof

Lucky At Cards by Lawrence Block

A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block

Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK by Gerald Posner

Doing the Devil's Work by Bill Loehfelm

The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Leta McCullough Seletzky

The Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter

Burning Angel by James Lee Burke

The Queen City Detective Agency by Snowden Wright

Poetic Justice by Andrea J. Johnson

September 14, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Because I’ve been posting most of my reviews due to Bingo, I haven’t kept up with the leftover ones until now. Hope everyone had  a good summer. It’s my least favorite time of year but this one wasn’t so bad. Heartsick***: I took this book too seriously when I tried to read it the first time. I relaxed and enjoyed the ride the second. Goofy fun, nothing more. Brief Answers to the Big Questions****: I do enjoy listening to Hawking’s desire to push the boundaries […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse, Andrea J. Johnson, Archie Sheridan, astrophysics, Bill Loehfelm, Bobby Lee Swagger, Brief Answers to Big Questions, Burning Angel, Case Closed, Chelsea Cain, CIA, Confucianism, Confucius for Christians, conversations with friends, cozy mystery, David Robicheaux, Delaware, Doing the Devil's work, FBI, Gerald Posner, Greg A. Ten Elshof, Gretchen Lowell, hard case crime, Heartsick, historical fiction, Ireland, James Lee Burke, john f kennedy, Julius Caesar, lawrence block, lee harvey oswald, Leta McCullough Seletzky, Lucky At Cards, Martin Luther King Jr., Matthew Scudder, Maureen Coughlin, Memphis, mississippi, mystery, New Orleans, New York City, Oregon, plays, Poetic Justice, Portland, Religion, roman empire, Sally Rooney, science, serial killers, Snowden Wright, stephen hawking, Stephen Hunter, the kennedy assassination, The Kneeling Man, The Queen City Detective Agency, The Third Bullet, the universe, true crime, Victoria Justice, william shakespeare

Jake's CBR16 Review No:149 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse, Andrea J. Johnson, Archie Sheridan, astrophysics, Bill Loehfelm, Bobby Lee Swagger, Brief Answers to Big Questions, Burning Angel, Case Closed, Chelsea Cain, CIA, Confucianism, Confucius for Christians, conversations with friends, cozy mystery, David Robicheaux, Delaware, Doing the Devil's work, FBI, Gerald Posner, Greg A. Ten Elshof, Gretchen Lowell, hard case crime, Heartsick, historical fiction, Ireland, James Lee Burke, john f kennedy, Julius Caesar, lawrence block, lee harvey oswald, Leta McCullough Seletzky, Lucky At Cards, Martin Luther King Jr., Matthew Scudder, Maureen Coughlin, Memphis, mississippi, mystery, New Orleans, New York City, Oregon, plays, Poetic Justice, Portland, Religion, roman empire, Sally Rooney, science, serial killers, Snowden Wright, stephen hawking, Stephen Hunter, the kennedy assassination, The Kneeling Man, The Queen City Detective Agency, The Third Bullet, the universe, true crime, Victoria Justice, william shakespeare ·
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February-March 2024 Leftovers

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones

A Lowcountry Bride by Preslaysa Williams

Bone White by Ronald Malfi

Alexander the Great by Phillip Freeman

Nero: Matricide, Murder and Music in Imperial Rome by Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth

Beyond a Boundary by C.L.R. James

A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block

The Killing Kind by John Connolly

Shōgun by James Clavell

Nobody's Angel by Jack Clark

A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime by Casey Sherman

Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita

Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age by Michael Woolraich

April 3, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Rain, rain, go away. I thought my reading count looked too low and then I realized I didn’t do leftovers for February, so here’s Feb-March combined. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and Rise of the Tudors ***** Jones is such a talented historian. Gets all the important stuff of the Wars of the Roses in great detail and lets the story entertain. His Templars book will soon be on my radar. A Lowcountry Bride**** Had to read this for a library […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: #biography, #history, #Tudors, A Lowcountry Bride, A Murder in Hollywood, A Stab in the Dark, Aggrippina, Alaska, alcoholism, Alexander the Great, Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth, Beyond a Boundary, Bone White, bridalwear, brides of lowcountry, C.L.R. James, Cara Kennedy, Casey Sherman, Charleston, charlie parker, Chicago, colonialism, cricket, Dan Jones, Disability, Edward IV, England, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Greek Empire, hard case crime, Henry V, Henry VII, historical fiction, Hollywood, horror, Iris Yamashita, Jack Clark, James Clavell, Japan, john connolly, Johnny Stompanato, Julius Caesar, Lana Turner, lawrence block, los angeles, lottery, Macedonia, Macedonian Empire, maine, Marriage, Matthew Scudder, medieval, Michael Woolraich, movies, mystery, Nat Cassidy, Nero, Nestlings, New York City, Nobody's Angel, One's Company, Phillip Freeman, plantagenets, Pompey the Great, Preslaysa Williams, prohibition, remote, Richard III, roman empire, Romance, Rome, Ronald Malfi, Rubicon, Samuel Seabury, Shōgun, South Carolina, sports, Sulla, supernatural, Tammany Hall, taxi driver, The Bishop and the Butterfly, The Killing Kind, The Wars of the Roses, Three's Company Too, Tom Holland, trauma, Trinidad, true crime, Village in the Dark, Vivian Gordon, war, weddings

Jake's CBR16 Review No:43 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sports, Suspense · Tags: #biography, #history, #Tudors, A Lowcountry Bride, A Murder in Hollywood, A Stab in the Dark, Aggrippina, Alaska, alcoholism, Alexander the Great, Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth, Beyond a Boundary, Bone White, bridalwear, brides of lowcountry, C.L.R. James, Cara Kennedy, Casey Sherman, Charleston, charlie parker, Chicago, colonialism, cricket, Dan Jones, Disability, Edward IV, England, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Greek Empire, hard case crime, Henry V, Henry VII, historical fiction, Hollywood, horror, Iris Yamashita, Jack Clark, James Clavell, Japan, john connolly, Johnny Stompanato, Julius Caesar, Lana Turner, lawrence block, los angeles, lottery, Macedonia, Macedonian Empire, maine, Marriage, Matthew Scudder, medieval, Michael Woolraich, movies, mystery, Nat Cassidy, Nero, Nestlings, New York City, Nobody's Angel, One's Company, Phillip Freeman, plantagenets, Pompey the Great, Preslaysa Williams, prohibition, remote, Richard III, roman empire, Romance, Rome, Ronald Malfi, Rubicon, Samuel Seabury, Shōgun, South Carolina, sports, Sulla, supernatural, Tammany Hall, taxi driver, The Bishop and the Butterfly, The Killing Kind, The Wars of the Roses, Three's Company Too, Tom Holland, trauma, Trinidad, true crime, Village in the Dark, Vivian Gordon, war, weddings ·
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Many Truths, No Lies

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

January 29, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

I knew next to nothing about Cleopatra going into this one. I know she lead Egypt at some point and had an affair with Marc Antony and that all of this caused a Mediterranean kerfuffle in the time of the Roman Empire. But I couldn’t say what her power was or what era she lived in or any of that. I couldn’t even guess, not even taking material from the wildly inaccurate plays and movies about her as I’ve seen none. So it felt good […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: #biography, #history, Alexandria, Cleopatra, egypt, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, roman empire, Stacy Schiff

Jake's CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: #biography, #history, Alexandria, Cleopatra, egypt, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, roman empire, Stacy Schiff ·
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Murder near the Nile

DIsappearance of a Scribe by Dana Stabenow

July 24, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 4: New Before I saw Disappearance of a Scribe in the library, I had heard of neither The Eye of Isis series nor its author Dana Stabenow. This is both a new to me series and author; it turns out this is actually book 2 of the series, but it seems pretty stand alone as well. What we’ve got is detective fiction in a historical fiction setting. Due circumstances from the previous book which we mostly don’t need to know, Tetisheri has become the […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: ancient Egypt, cbr14bingo, Cleopatra, Dana Stabenow, detective, Disappearance of a Scribe, Julius Caesar, library of ALexandria, murder mystery, The Eye of Isis

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:56 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: ancient Egypt, cbr14bingo, Cleopatra, Dana Stabenow, detective, Disappearance of a Scribe, Julius Caesar, library of ALexandria, murder mystery, The Eye of Isis ·
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