Book Reviews
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Recent YouGov/Bright Line Watch surveys show “that 47% of Democrats on the West Coast and 66% of Republicans in Texas and the South support breaking up the United States into new, regional unions.”
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Milkman is set in a war zone. It is a coming-of-age story full of awakenings in the face of the crimes of history with their malingering cult of violence. But that’s the least of what it is.
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by Michael Hallock Release date, 18 January 2022 My Secret Radio relates the story of a man on a lifelong journey to find meaning. It touches many genres with themes including 1960s establishment racism, casual drug crime, and long-buried family secrets. A shifting Southern political backdrop frames the adolescence of the protagonist, Bill Schaffer, whose
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DeadStar is fun. Lots of fun. In the opening scenes, we see the author forge an unlikely friendship with an early morning burglar. The offender (Roy Richardson), before he fell into a life of casual housebreaking, played bass in Speed of Life, a pop/punk/New Wave band.
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Immediately I finished this book, I began to look into the true history of Dogtown and was fascinated to find that the characters and events portrayed by Diamant are based in fact.
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An account of the author’s childhood in 1960-70s Laurel Canyon, steps away from pop stars and Hollywood types, Michael’s life story includes regular visits to antique shops, museums, and movie sets. Auntie Hankie and her husband, Uncle Irving, are screenwriters with a formidable list of credits, including many landmark post-war movies.
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In her memoir, Giving Up the Ghost, acclaimed novelist Hilary Mantel conducts her reader through the story of her life as if she were giving a tour of a rambling manor house. “Here in the foyer, you’ll see the staircase haunted by the ghost of my step-father,” she might have said, leading us inside.
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Below, you’ll find full reviews of the books I’ve included in past Reading Room posts.
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Bickham’s extensive credits include 65 published novels, books and articles on fiction writing, and a stint as a lauded professor at the University of Oklahoma. His brief introduction summarizes his vigorous approach to modern fiction writing, a form recognized for its forward motion, its ability to engage readers from the first line and draw them…
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