by Michelle | Feb 6, 2021 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2021, M Author
After reading Stamped from the Beginning, I wanted to compare what others said about Abraham Lincoln and his approach to slavery. Since my husband already listened to Tried by War by James M. McPherson, I took the opportunity to do just that. Unfortunately, Mr....
by Michelle | Dec 23, 2020 | Audiobook, B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020
Battle Ground by Jim Butcher, book seventeen in the Harry Dresden series, starts at the exact point where Peace Talks ends. In fact, my hypothesis that the two were essentially the same story split into two books ended up being correct, not only because of the lack of...
by Michelle | Dec 12, 2020 | Audiobook, B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020
It has been over two years since we received a new Harry Dresden novel from Jim Butcher. Given the length of time that we had to wait for a new book, readers could only have high expectations for the next book in a serious. Thankfully, Peace Talks is completely worth...
by Michelle | Dec 5, 2020 | Audiobook, B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020
Oh, Harry Dresden, how I have missed you! Even though Jim Butcher collated his short story collection, Brief Cases, two years ago, I used this collection to reintroduce myself into Harry’s world. The stories served to refresh my memory and filled in some blanks...
by Michelle | Oct 29, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, N Author
Having come to enjoy Trevor Noah and his commentary on The Daily Show, thanks to Born a Crime I now have a much greater appreciation for his opinions and viewpoint. His experiences in post-Apartheid South Africa as a mixed-race child make him uniquely situated to...
by Michelle | Oct 20, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, E Author
I believe Mr. Ellison’s purpose in writing Invisible Man was simply education. Sadly, his first-person account of all the ways Black people face oppression is not as shocking as it could be because it simply reiterates that there is nothing simple or easy about...
