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How to Defeat a Demon King in 10 Easy Steps by Andrew Rowe

 Joey  2023-04-25  Leave a Comment on How to Defeat a Demon King in 10 Easy Steps by Andrew Rowe  Posted in reviews

While I have been a tabletop role playing game guy for about a decade, I was unaware of the literary role playing game (LitRPG) subgenre until earlier this year, when I found out friend’s son was publishing LitRPG books under…

Tagged audiobook, fantasy, fiction

Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

 Joey  2023-04-17  Leave a Comment on Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn  Posted in reviews

Love Lettering is a portable romantic comedy – it would make a great movie, limited series, comic book, etc. Good job, Kate Clayborn! Love Lettering is about Meg – an up-and-coming hand-letterer and designer in Brooklyn. A few years ago she…

Tagged audiobook, fiction, rom-com

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

 Joey  2023-04-06  Leave a Comment on Book Lovers by Emily Henry  Posted in reviews

I’ve previously read/loved Emily Henry’s other books, Beach Reads & People We Meet on Vacation. As you’ll see in that previous review, I love Henry’s writing. And I can’t wait for the movie(s)  of her books to come out! So, believe me when…

Tagged fiction, rom-com

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri Swami Satchidananda

 Joey  2023-04-05  Leave a Comment on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri Swami Satchidananda  Posted in reviews

“In mind, God; In the hand, work.” This book is on the suggested reading list of Yoga With Adriene’s Adriene Mischler. It’s the fourth book on the list that I’ve read. While this book is called The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, it…

Tagged non-fiction, philosophy, religion, thesearch

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

 Joey  2023-04-04  Leave a Comment on Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid  Posted in reviews

[I just finished the show last nite and I’m listening to the soundtrack on repeat so here is my review of the audiobook from many moons ago.] I know I’m late to the game on this one and there’s nothing…

Tagged audiobook, fiction, music, oral history

The Science of Sci-Fi by Erin Macdonald

 Joey  2023-03-30  Leave a Comment on The Science of Sci-Fi by Erin Macdonald  Posted in reviews

This year is my “No-Buy Year,” so I’m trying (and mostly succeeding!) to cut way back on buying books in any form. I already have so many that I haven’t read! So right now I’m going through a backlog of…

Tagged audiobook, non-fiction, sci-fi, science

Essex Dogs by Dan Jones

 Joey  2023-03-20  Leave a Comment on Essex Dogs by Dan Jones  Posted in reviews

I’m a Dan Jones guy. I enjoy his entertaining and well-researched history books (The Templars) and television programmes. His debut work of fiction (historical, of course) is Essex Dogs, the story of an English mercenary group invading France in the…

Tagged audiobook, fiction, historical fiction

American Cosmic by D.W. Pasulka

 Joey  2023-03-18  Leave a Comment on American Cosmic by D.W. Pasulka  Posted in reviews

I got here because I’m a couch potato in love with streaming services. Last year, I was bingeing all the exclusive programming that Showtime had to offer me on a week-long free trial. I came across a series called UFO….

Tagged non-fiction, paranormal, science, ufology

Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott

 Joey  2023-03-08  Leave a Comment on Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott  Posted in reviews

“Either this is madness, or it Hell.”“It is neither; it is Knowledge.” Edwin A. Abbott’s Flatland is, in this reviewer’s calculations, 35% Just for Fun, 30% Social Satire, and 35% Devotional to Truth. I like all of that stuff, so I really…

Tagged fiction, philosophy, science, thesearch

Those Guys Have All the Fun by James Andrew Miller & Tom Shales

 Joey  2023-03-05  Leave a Comment on Those Guys Have All the Fun by James Andrew Miller & Tom Shales  Posted in reviews

The thing I appreciated about this book the most was how it came into my possession. Several years ago (pre-COVID), I went to an estate sale in my parents’ neighborhood. From what I could tell, the person for whom the…

Tagged non-fiction, oral history, sports
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