7/9/25

Anna O Sparkles and Thrills

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        Anna O (2024) By Matthew Blake Harper, 421 pages (seems shorter than that!) ★★★★★   You might recall from a psychology ...
7/7/25

Black Cherokee a Good Debut, But Leaves Too Much Unexamined

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        Black Cherokee (Releasing August 3, 2025) By Antonio Michael Downing Simon and Schuster, 272 pages. ★★★   Is there an ...
7/4/25

July 2025 Recent Releases: Guy Clark, Little Falls Trophy, Jack Barksdale, Lisa Crawley, Paranoid Larry

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Late spring and summer are often slow for new releases. Perhaps that explains why compilations and remixes hit the market about this time. ...
7/2/25

Florida Palms a Gritty New Novel

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      Florida Palms (July 2025) By Joe Pan Simon and Schuster, 480 pages. ★★★★   Perhaps you've read gritty...
6/30/25

Shy Creatures: Heartwarming (despite tough subjects) and Well-Constructed

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        Shy Creatures (2024)   By Clare Chambers Mariner Books, 390 pages. ★★★★★   When numerous friends tell you a particular novel...
6/27/25

Hang on St. Chrisopher: Adrian McKinty's New Irish Crime Drama

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    Hang on Saint Christopher: A Sean Duffy Novel (2025) By Adrian McKinty Blackstone publishing, 296 pages. ★★★★   Hang on Sa...
6/25/25

Kehinde Wiley and the Last of the Lost Cause?

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    Rumors of War, 30' tall   The Last of the Lost Cause?* * This essay/review is part of a larger in-progress project on Civil War my...