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I saw this post on Threads, and it sparked a story I want to share here.

The text of the initial post:

I don’t care how long a book has been out, it doesn’t mean that it’s “safe” to post spoilers. Posting quotes and stuff without very clear warnings just ruins the experience for everyone else, especially if it’s big things like deaths or whatever. I hope what I said makes sense

And this is the story I shared:

True story: I met Jeremy Robinson

Revenge Porn For The Department Of War Crowd. This is one of those tacticool "military thrillers" for the more modern former soldier/ wannabe. Lots of people getting shot, lots of fists being thrown, a few damsels and kids in distress, and through all the

Damn Near Generational. I can think of exactly two books I've ever read that come anywhere near close to this book - one was fairly niche inside Christian circles (in that I've rarely seen anyone other than myself talking about it, even though it was transformatio

Carefully Tailored Yet Ultimately Still Not Curious Enough. This is a book all about explaining the psychology of why we ask *certain* questions. Indeed, Lombrozo is very careful in the first chapters to set *very* precise guardrails on *exactly* what she intends to look at, and does a

Cowboy Romance. Emotional Relationship Fiction. Sinister Travel Thriller. Wait. What? Watching Drake's evolution as a writer these last few years has truly been a thing of wonder, something that really has to be experienced to be believed. I first encountered her via her cowboy romances, which were excellent within that space and good enough that even non-romance fans should give them a try. Then she expanded into more "relationship fiction" (women's fiction, but at le

Solid Suspense With A Lot Of Real-World Commentary. This is one of those fun tales where the author says this and that and that other thing were inspirations, and they are absolutely in there (including the Amsterdam tour she led a bit ago and

September was a blur, really. I opened the month at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando, ran (walked, to be more precise) my first 5K in over a decade, and crossed the 80 lb weight loss mark from the beginning of the year... while reading another 20 books, including my 750th review on my current NetGalley profile, and my 1,250th NetGalley review across both of my profiles there. Just a routine "rinse and repeat" kind of month, at least once we got back from HHN.

And now, on to the book reviews...

The Book Reviews

Book Review: Jaws by Peter Benchley

The Granddaddy Of Them All. With A Lot Of Surprises For Those Only Familiar With The Movie. More than The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico. More than Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorpe (the book Die Hard is based on). More than For Love Of The Game by Michael Shaara. More than The Postman by David Brin. More than Meg by Steve Alten (a derivative work in more ways than the obvi

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Book Review: Killed By A Traffic Engineer by Wes Marshall

Question Everything. Including This Book. This is a book about transportation engineering written by an engineer and professor... who late in the book reveals himself as rather anti-car (though it becomes more and more clear the furthe

Valuable Discourse. Kaemingk and Hamid never set out to declare any absolute that any religion - Christianity, Islam, State/ Reason/ Logic/ Science, Buddhism, Hinduism, or any other - can definitively make democracy better. Instead, the main thrust of the argument here is that by more openly discussing all religions and

This Book Could Have Been A Credit Card Sized Pamphlet. The title of this review + the title of this book is really all you need to know here. Everything else in this review will be me telling you a bit about why I

Interesting Academic Dissection Seemingly More Geared Towards Academics And Clerics Than General Audiences. This is one of those academic books where the author is quite clearly writing more towards fellow academics and/ or clerics with only a side glance toward the more educ