Category: Book Review

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins My rating: 5 of 5 stars While I found The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes interesting. And enjoyed it for what it was,…

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance My rating: 3 of 5 stars I had heard of Hillbilly Elegy during JD Vance’s first…

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green My rating: 4 of 5 stars Despite being a middle-aged male and totally not who his books are written for, I truly…

James Moriarty, Consulting Criminal by Andy Weir My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fun take on the ACD Universe I truly enjoy Andy Weir and this was a fun listen.…

Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley My rating: 4 of 5 stars The topic and writing were both intriguing. But I felt the story got bogged down at times. I didn’t…

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reading through the reviews, I was convinced that there must have been…

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk My rating: 3 of 5 stars Another reviewer said something to the effect of not being able to relate to the main character and I thought…

Hiroshima by John Hersey My rating: 4 of 5 stars Listening to this book, you can tell that it was an anthology that was later stitched together. But Hersey did…

The Book of Common Fallacies: Falsehoods, Misconceptions, Flawed Facts, and Half-Truths That Are Ruining Your Life by Philip Ward My rating: 1 of 5 stars Just as “common sense” and…