Mao, the People's Emperor by Dick Wilson My rating: 2 of 5 stars This is a hard book to rate. On one hand, it provides a lot of information and is somewhat detailed. On the other, it leaves out huge chunks of information which is simply unforgivable. I wanted to read about Mao to learn …
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The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean My rating: 4 of 5 stars I wasn't sure what to expect with this novel, as many of MacLean's books tend to be a bit "fluffy" for me, but I wasn't disappointed with his efforts on this one. Of course, like many, I'd seen the film when I …
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Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars I've never read about such a group of immature, whiny, backstabbing losers in my life! To think that some reviewers consider them brilliant is really pretty funny. They were mediocre thinkers with mediocre talent who …
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Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett My rating: 3 of 5 stars It pains me to give a Discworld novel a less than stellar rating, but I found this one lacking in some way. It started out promisingly -- the wizards at Unseen University find that in order to keep a sizable endowment, they must play …
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It's spring and that means the Spring 2015 issue of Ray's Road Review has been published today. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography. Check it out! http://raysroadreview.com Of course, since I'm the poetry editor, I have to acknowledge the poets in this issue. They include Lyn Lifshin, Robert Joe Stout, Terry Savoie, Alan Catlin, Richard Fein, …
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