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The Face-Changers by Thomas Perry My rating: 4 of 5 stars There are elements I really like about this series. Jane is a great character. ...

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this. The characters and world are very ...

Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 by Alina Chan My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a really interesting book. Ridley and Chan div...

1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War by Benny Morris My rating: 4 of 5 stars An in-depth, detailed account of the Arab-Israeli c...

Taken by Robert Crais My rating: 5 of 5 stars Crais continues to evolve this series in interesting ways. The narrative structure switches...

Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris My rating: 3 of 5 stars I found it hard to get into this book. It's hard to put ...

One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Togethr by Amy Bass My rating: 4 of 5 stars The subtitle of One Goal:...

Nightmare in Pink by John D. MacDonald My rating: 5 of 5 stars Quick, fun pulpy read. The language and dialog is classic noir. There is m...

Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the things that makes this series great is that each book has a somewhat...

A Shot to Save the World: The Remarkable Race and Ground-Breaking Science Behind the Covid-19 Vaccines by Gregory Zuckerman My rating: 5 o...

Romeo's Way by James Scott Bell My rating: 5 of 5 stars In this sequel to Romeo's Rules , we get a much tighter story. Romeo is s...

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Stone Sky completes the Broken Earth Trilogy. One of the most original fantasy ...

Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation by Michael Powell My rating: 4 of 5 stars As the title says, this is a story of a...

Robert B. Parker's Bye Bye Baby by Ace Atkins My rating: 3 of 5 stars I've enjoyed all the Atkins Spensers. In each of my reviews...

The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth by Jonathan Rauch My rating: 4 of 5 stars On the whole, Rauch’s new book is an importan...

Chaos Rising by Timothy Zahn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thrawn is a great character, one of my favorite in Star Wars. This is an interesting...

The Sweet Spot Lib/E: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning by Paul Bloom This was a really interesting listen. Bloom dis...

City Of Bones by Michael Connelly My rating: 5 of 5 stars Connelly is such a master. Bosch is such an interesting and compelling characte...

Games: Agency as Art by C Thi Nguyen My rating: 5 of 5 stars C. Thi Nguyen’s book, Games: Agency as Art , is getting a lot of attenti...

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse My rating: 4 of 5 stars Roanhorse introduces us to a whole new fantasy world in this first book of her new...