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 […]
Book Review – The News: A Cold War Novel by Marc Stuart Connolly – When One Mysterious Message Could Change Everything
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, […]
Series Rewatch – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: The Asset – Gravitonium’s Rise and Cost
Written By Jed Whedon, Stan Lee, Jack KirbyDirected by Milan Cheylov The Asset is the third episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and is a solid early episode that begins to establish […]
Audiobook Review: Sonny Boy by Al Pacino – A Journey from Bronx to Hollywood
Sonny Boy is Al Pacino’s memoir, covering his childhood in the Bronx, his difficult early years, his discovery of acting, and his remarkable journey from struggling theater actor to one of Hollywood’s […]
Audiobook Review: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng – Where Motherhood, Privilege, and Secrets Collide
Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere is a compelling family drama about motherhood, privilege, secrets, and the consequences of believing that we know what is best for other people. The story takes place […]
Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: War Without End: Part 1 – When the Past, Present, and Future Collide
Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Michael Vejar War Without End, Part One is the first half of the two-part third-season episode that finally begins to unravel one of Babylon 5’s biggest […]
Audiobook Review: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker – The Complexity of Truth
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair appeared on a list of books from each state. Since I live in New Hampshire and hadn’t heard of the book before, I decided to […]
Series Rewatch – The West Wing: In Excelsis Deo – Political Power and Compassion
Written by Aaron Sorkin and Rick ClevelandDirected by Alex Graves In Excelsis Deo is the tenth episode of the first season of The West Wing and one of the series’ most memorable […]
Book Review: The Carver Affair by Pam Lecky – Secrets, Murder, and Mystery in 1890s Dublin
The Carver Affair is the fifth book in Pam Lecky’s Lucy Lawrence Mysteries, moving the series from its familiar Victorian London setting to Dublin in 1894. It combines a murder investigation, missing-person […]
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