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Year: 2020

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On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 2 Comments

While it is obviously a series for children, it is still an imaginative and engaging series with interesting characters and quality world building.  Plus, there...

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Doesn’t Hurt to Ask by Trey Gowdy

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 2 Comments

There is a lot of good advice about how to argue and communicate, and Gowdy has a light, humorous and engaging style, but the blending of memoir and self-help w...

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nothing has changed in nearly seven years

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Who do you write for when your audience disappears? – Sadly, nothing has really changed in nearly seven years…

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Make Russia Great Again by Christopher Buckley

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Is satire dead in the age of Trump? Christopher Buckley returns to the genre to find out.

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The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I was not as wowed by this as others. Perhaps because I don't read a lot of science fiction or find complex science hurts my head.

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Shaming the Devil by Alan Jacobs

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

The essays read not as lectures but as conversations exploring interesting topics with a very well read friend.

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