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Scratch and Win

May 7, 2025

The production level of this limited series is through the roof, and the characters that you meet along the way are so great. Truly fantastic!

Jamie

The Life of Herod The Great

February 26, 2025

A fascinating look at a character who has become so slanted and distasteful by Biblical history.

Knox

Black in Blues

January 29, 2025

This book blew me away because it is so unique and different. Perry created an innovative cultural history by looking at how the color blue…

Jamie

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

December 4, 2024

This is not breezy, but the way Harari writes about how information is leveraged by bureaucracy and mythology and how it’s manipulated for various ends…

Knox

Say Nothing

November 20, 2024

The film-making is tremendous and the pilot does a great job of establishing the characters and the worldview. One of the best things I’ve seen…

Knox

The Comeback: The 2004 Boston Red Sox

November 13, 2024

I loved watching this, and even though I was very connected to it as it was happening, I still learned so much from watching it.…

Knox

War

November 6, 2024

This book primarily focuses on the war in Ukraine and how it’s handled and less on the presidential implications. By the end of the book,…

Knox

Guilty Creatures: Sex, God and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

October 16, 2024

This book reads like a true crime podcast but resolves in a very satisfying way—a quick, compelling read about fairly recent history.

Knox

Disney High

October 9, 2024

I love a good oral history of something that was a cornerstone for a specific time in my life. This book does an excellent job…

Knox

My Lady Jane (series)

July 3, 2024

Based on a novel that reimagines the life of Lady Jane Grey. This healed my childhood trauma from the disappointment that was Bridgerton S3 Pt2.…

Jamie