Read: The Paris Diversion

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This was my third Chris Pavone book. I don’t read as many novels as I’d like but only because I read so much nonfiction. Spy novels are like candy to me, light, fun, and fast. This is a follow-up to …

Read: Even Dogs in the Wild

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This was my first Rankin book, which is saying something as the guy is prolific. Mystery, who-done-it, cop-based, Scotland. Ducking and diving and twisting and turning. I don’t read many of this genre but I enjoyed this. With one hundred …

Read: Appaloosa

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Appaloosa book just landed at my house. Woke up one day and there it was. Read it in one day. Boom. In a cloud of dust, smoke, good guys who aren’t that good, women with a dark side, and plenty …

Read: The Big Year

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Do you like birds? Do you like a good story? If so, then proceed to read. The Big Year by Mark Obmascik is a fun read about a real story in humanity’s bird-loving history. Three men, each very different, make …

Read: Bird Art Life

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Beautiful book. Passages that demand a break, demand a reread, demand contemplation. Small is not only enough, but small is also good and should righteously feel okay. Kyo Maclear’s Birds Art Life shows what happens when someone is forced to …

Read: You Shall Know Our Velocity

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This book feels like I’m sitting in the middle of Dave Egger’s head. It really does. Like a playground of originality. There would be no way to fake this book or copy it because you realize what is happening in …

Create: Operation Improve

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The winds of change are upon us but these winds are additive. Giving not taking but blowing me in a direction I do not yet know. What could be better? A few weeks ago I was confronted with the need …