Monday, July 20, 2020

LaRose, by Louise Erdrich

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I loved this 2016 novel by Louise Erdrich. It's a heart wrenching tale of two families after a hunting accident leaves a child dead. T...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

The Enemy of the People, by Jim Acosta

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I really enjoyed this narrative about reporter Jim Acosta's experiences following the Trump campaign and the first three years of his ...

June 2020 Films and Series

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The Good Liar. Great suspense. Killing Eve (seasons 2-3) Toni Erdmann . Touching German comedy. ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

May 2020 Films and Series

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Rocketman . I enjoyed this portrayal of Elton John's life, although it wasn't at all what I expected. The Goldfinc...
Monday, June 15, 2020

April 2020 Films and Series

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The Edge of Seventeen. Judy . Killing Eve (season 1) Bad Times at the El Royale. ...

March 2020 Films and Series

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The Handmaid's Tale (season 3) After the Wedding .

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, by David Epstein

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In his latest work, David Epstein delves into the differences between people who have deep knowledge in a narrow subject and those who hav...
Monday, June 8, 2020

I Almost Forgot about You, by Terry McMillan

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I really enjoyed this novel by Terry McMillan. It's about Georgia, a twice-divorced optometrist in the Oakland area who learns of a lo...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Acid for the Children: A Memoir, by Flea

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I really enjoyed this memoir by Flea, one of the founding members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It covers his childhood through the foundi...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

The Thousandth Floor, by Katharine McGee

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The Thousandth Floor is set n 2118, in a Manhattan that has been built up into one enormous structure: a building that is 1,000 floors hi...
Friday, May 15, 2020

Feminist Fight Club, by Jessica Bennett

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This is a fun look at the sexism that women often encounter on the job and how they might fight that sexism through a variety of strategie...
Saturday, May 9, 2020

Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi

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Homegoing was my book club's March pick. Unfortunately, the book club hasn't been able to meet since the COVID-19 crisis began and...

Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin, by Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy

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I've wanted to read this book ever since I saw Fiona Hill testify before Congress during the impeachment trial. I was impressed with h...

The Ghost Factory, by Jenny McCartney

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The Ghost Factory is one of the best novels I've read in a while. Set in Northern Ireland in the 1990s through the present day, it fol...
Monday, May 4, 2020

March 2019 Books

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Other than the first book below, the rest of my reading this month was a stack of review copies of books that I got by attending either Bo...
Monday, March 2, 2020

February 2020 Films and Series

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood . I thought this movie was too long and too slow. Definitely over-hyped. The Borgias (Seasons 1-3). I re...

February 2020 Books

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Well-written historical novel that imagines what might have inspired Andrew Carnegie to give his fortune away to build libraries and insti...