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Top Ten (Recent) Villains

Today’s TTT is “Villains”.     We did this one ….over a decade ago, so I’m going to compose this list without looking at  that prior list, and try to focus on recent villains I’ve read.  Turns out it’s…a lot … Continue reading

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Top Ten Books with Occupations in the Title

Today’s TTT is books with occupations in the title: I’m going to go back to 2007 and work my way forward, limiting each year to one book. But first, a tease! What they understood at Johnny White’s, however, was what … Continue reading

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WWW Wednesday +Books I Keep Meaning to Read

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Book Reviews is, “Books I Keep Meaning to Read But Haven’t”. But first, WWW Wednesday. WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Great Deluge, a quasi-history of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation of New … Continue reading

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WWW Wednesday

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Operation Underworld, a look into collaboration between the Italian America Mafia and the American government during World War 2. WHAT are you reading now? There is No Place For Us, on the working poor … Continue reading

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Top Ten of my Most-Watched Youtube Favorites

Today’s TTT is a non-bookish freebie, so I’m going to….spotlight YouTube clips I tend to watch and re-watch, excluding purely music videos. But first, the tease! Maranzano had tried to live like Julius Caesar, so Luciano’s board of directors ordered … Continue reading

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Top Ten High Pagecount Books

Today’s TTT prompt is books with a high pagecount. I’ve read the entire Story of Civilization, so this should be easy. But first, a tease from Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend. Jim had built an entire … Continue reading

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WWW Wednesday

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Cancelled: The Shape of Things to Come, Danny King. Geri had been a naturalist for less than a year. Before that, she’d worn clothes like Sienna (and most other people) but then, last Solstice, … Continue reading

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Top Ten Authors Whose Work I’ve Read the Most Of

The newspaper world was rough-and-tumble, to say the least. Editors lambasted each other and often came to blows. When in 1835 James Gordon Bennett, editor of the Herald, charged Benjamin Day of the Sun with being an infidel, Day replied … Continue reading

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WWW Wednesday

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Roswell High: The Vanished. WHAT are you reading now? Still making good progress through A Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson. Politics is only a small part of the book, as it’s … Continue reading

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WWW Wednesday & Books I Loved but Didn’t Review

WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Fighting Little Judge, a biography of Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama and his political career. WHAT are you reading now? Nixon’s White House Wars, an inside look at the Nixon administration. WHAT … Continue reading

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