I woke up on the morning of June 11th from a rough night of sleep. There were some really bad thunderstorms that rolled through, and that was all I knew. I’d woken […]
Ground Zero for a Deluge
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.
Nova: Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land – Insights into Second Century Life
Documentaries about religion tend to fall into the love it or hate it category, generally depending on the religious views of the viewer. Anything that goes along with one’s religious beliefs tends […]
Book Review: Murder in the Soho Graveyard by Emily Organ – Strong Female Sleuths in Historical Fiction
Note: Thank you to NetGalley, Storm Publishing, and author Emily Organ for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased review […]
Audiobook Review: Breaking Point by C.J. Box – How Much Can One Man Take?
Breaking Point is the 13th book in author C.J. Box’s series centered on Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett. This book is pretty accessible to anyone who hasn’t read the other books in […]
Movie Review: Trembling Before G-d – What It Means to be An Orthodox Jew and Gay
Sometimes it seems that hardly a day can go by without the subject of Fundamentalist Christians and their efforts to deny any rights to gay and lesbian citizens being in the news. […]
Audiobook Review: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson – Innovating Beyond Bureaucratic Barriers
Abundance is another book I picked up thanks to it appearing on one of President Obama’s reading lists. I’ve heard of the authors before, but haven’t read much by them. After reading […]
Movie Review – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End – Long, Convoluted, and Somewhat Disappointing
Written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, and Stuart BeattieDirected by Gore Verbinski Trilogies are strange things. Never knowing if the story will truly take hold, the first movie is often self-contained and […]
Book Review – High Hopes: A Memoir by Anne Abel – Finding Hope Through Music
Note: Thank you to NetGalley, She Writes Press, and author Anne Abel for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows is my unbiased […]
Book Review – Lucas Wars: The True Story of George Lucas and the Creation of Star Wars by Renaud Roche and Laurent Hopman – How George Lucas Created Star Wars
Note: Thank you to NetGalley, First Second Books, and authors Renaud Roche and Laurent Hopman for the advanced reader copy of this book. This review will also be posted on NetGalley. What follows […]
Audiobook Review – The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created by Jane Leavy – A Missed Opportunity
It’s very rare that I decide not to finish a book. I try to always find something positive about the books I review. I’d read another book by Jane Leavy and had […]
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