Category Archives: Fiction

The Sea Is My Brother by Jack Kerouac

Posted on November 1, 2019 by

The Sea Is My Brother: The Lost Novel C 216 pages

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Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Posted on October 2, 2019 by

Exhalation: Stories B 368 pages Amazon Book Preview of “Exhalation“

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Five Presidents by Clint Hill

Posted on August 18, 2019 by

Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford; co-written by Lisa McCubbin C 465 pages Amazon Book Preview of “Five Presidents“

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The Relic Master by Christopher Buckley

Posted on July 18, 2019 by

The Relic Master B+ 401 pages Amazon Book Preview of “The Relic Master“

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Florence Of Arabia by Christopher Buckley

Posted on May 22, 2019 by

Florence Of Arabia is a satire that isn’t played for laughs so much as written as a spy thriller. Not Buckley’s best novel but still worth reading. I could see it being made into a movie. B- 274 pages Amazon … Continue reading →

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Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley

Posted on April 5, 2019 by

Little Green Men is a funny story about some funny people – Washington elites – and what happens when one of them is abducted by aliens in a UFO. It was so easy to believe everything in this story, which … Continue reading →

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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight translated by Simon Armitage

Posted on March 17, 2019 by

I was listening to a BBC podcast with Simon Armitage describing Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: A New Verse Translation. Recently, my sister has been reading some classics novels from the 19th Century. I thought it would be funny … Continue reading →

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