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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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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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Read the book Trump can’t!

The Muller Report by Robert Mueller

May 23, 2019 by Chris 1 Comment

5 stars is somewhat misleading. I mean, it’s a government report. It isn’t riveting. Highlights:   Edition: I am using the Brown Books Publishing Group Edition because it was cheap. It has a foreword by Lt. Col. Allen B. West (Ret.), and an introduction by Hon. Dan Boren. One is Republican, one a Democrat. Neither one seems very happy about the current state of politics. Because this kindle edition does not use page numbers, I will use location numbers. ALl typos are my mistakes. Cool, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Robert Mueller

Chris's CBR11 Review No:65 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Robert Mueller ·
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