Life in New Hampshire is firmly in autumn. The leaves are at peak color as I write. September was a pretty quiet month where I focused on getting ahead of my reviews. […]
My September 2026 Round-Up
Patti Aliventi
Once upon a time there was this website called Epinions. I wrote thousands of reviews there. I love books, movies, and television; mostly science fiction. I'm a gun-totin', meat-eatin' liberal with libertarian leanings who will voice my opinion.
Series Rewatch – The West Wing: He Shall, from Time to Time… – When Leadership Meets Responsibility
He Shall, from Time to Time… is a pivotal episode that combines a presidential health crisis with the pressures of international affairs and the preparation of President Josiah Bartlet’s (Martin Sheen) State […]
Book Review: The Heyday of Willie, Duke, and Mickey by Robert C. Cottrell – A Fascinating Trip Back to Baseball’s Golden Age in New York City
The Heyday of Willie, Duke, and Mickey by Robert C. Cottrell explores the remarkable era of New York City baseball following World War II, when the Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York […]
Series Rewatch – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Eye-Spy – Watchers and the Watched
Written by Jeffrey Bell, Stan Lee, and Jack KirbyDirected by Roxann Dawson The episode Eye-Spy begins in Stockholm, where a mysterious woman named Akela Amador (Pascale Armand) steals a case filled with […]
Audiobook Review: The Victims of St. Just by Sally Rigby – Murder Behind Closed Doors
Sally Rigby’s The Victims of St Just is the eighth installment in her Cornwall Murder Mystery series, featuring Detective Inspector Lauren Pengelly and Detective Sergeant Matt Price. Set against the atmospheric backdrop […]
Book Review: The Bookbinder’s Secret by A.D. Bell – Where Every Book Has a Secret
Set in Oxford in 1901, The Bookbinder’s Secret by A.D. Bell is a historical mystery that combines forbidden love, murder, family secrets, and the fascinating world of bookbinding. At the center of […]
Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: War Without End Part 2 – Destiny Comes Full Circle
Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Michael Vejar Buckle up, this is a long one. War Without End, Part 2 picks up immediately after the events of Part 1. The crew of […]
Book Review – The News: A Cold War Novel by Marc Stuart Connolly – When One Mysterious Message Could Change Everything
Marc Stuart Connolly’s The News: A Cold War Novel is a tense historical thriller set in 1983, one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War. The story begins when Soviet […]
Series Rewatch – The West Wing: Lord John Marbury – Crisis, Comedy and Character
Written by Aaron Sorkin, Patrick Caddell, and Lawrence O’DonnellDirected by Kevin Rodney Sullivan Lord John Marbury is the eleventh episode of Season 1 of The West Wing, originally aired January 5, 2000. […]
Book Review – Obstinate Daughters: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution by Denise Kiernan – A Different Side of the Revolution
Obstinate Daughters by Denise Kiernan gave me a very different way of looking at the American Revolution. Instead of telling the story primarily through the familiar Founding Fathers, battles, and political speeches, […]
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