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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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Why Do You Think Anything in that House was ever Yours to Take?

Tear it Down by Nick Petrie

January 28, 2019 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

Two weeks ago, after a long day of pre-semester meetings at my college, I headed to a library in Gurnee (the town next to mine) with my sister to hear Nick Petrie talk with another author, Lori Rader-Day, about his newly released novel, Tear It Down.  The book is the fourth in a series about Peter Ash, a military veteran with a persistent case of PTSD and an uncanny ability to attract trouble. The conversation wandered in many interesting directions, including a discussion of series […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Memphis, mystery series, Nick Petrie, Peter Ash, Tear It Down

Jenny S's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Memphis, mystery series, Nick Petrie, Peter Ash, Tear It Down ·
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The Locals Pronounce it “Mayum-fiss”

August 18, 2018 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR 10 Bingo: Brain Candy I love the Akashic Noir series, having read or browsed through the Baltimore, Detroit, New Orleans and Bronx ones. They provide two things I enjoy: a murder mystery and a tourism read. My dad is a native Memphian and despite the city’s many flaws, I’m partial to it. So it was a no-brainer to pick this one up. As with the rest of the series, some of these are better than others. I was partial to Through […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Anthology, brain candy, cbr10bingo, Memphis, Memphis Noir, mystery

Jake's CBR10 Review No:9 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Anthology, brain candy, cbr10bingo, Memphis, Memphis Noir, mystery ·
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