bnmng reviewed After the Fall by Ben Rhodes
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4 stars
Puts in perspective America's cause and reaction to the growing authoritarianism around the world. A little long in parts but well written and truthful.
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bnmng rated We Need to Talk: 4 stars
bnmng reviewed The Quantum Spy by David Ignatius
Review of 'The Quantum Spy' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A very good spy novel without over-the-top sex scenes, car chases, or superhuman feats.
bnmng reviewed The color of water by McBride, James
Review of 'The color of water' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
It's as good as everyone says it is.
bnmng reviewed The boy from the woods by Harlan Coben
Review of 'The boy from the woods' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I liked it. It was exciting and had some nice plot turns.
bnmng rated Die Verlockung des Autoritären: 4 stars
Die Verlockung des Autoritären by Anne Applebaum
Die Erschütterung der liberalen Demokratie überall auf der Welt wird gern mit der Schwäche der westlichen Werteordnung erklärt. Die Pulitzer-Preisträgerin …
bnmng reviewed Nucleation by Kimberly Unger
We are live, we are live, we are live . . .
Helen Vectorovich holds …
Review of 'Nucleation' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I hope 3 is understood to be a positive rating. I liked it.
bnmng rated Tiamat's Wrath: 5 stars
Tiamat's Wrath by Джеймс Кори
Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the …
bnmng rated Persepolis Rising: 4 stars
bnmng rated Babylon’s ashes: 4 stars
Babylon’s ashes by Джеймс Кори
The Expanse Saga continues in the 6th installment. The Free Navy – a violent group of Belters in black-market military …
bnmng rated Nemesis Games: 4 stars
Nemesis Games by Джеймс Кори (The Expanse, #5)
The fifth novel in Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series.
A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land …
bnmng rated These truths: 4 stars
These truths by Jill Lepore
"In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian ... Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the …
bnmng reviewed Death's End (The Three-Body Problem) by Liu Cixin
Review of "Death's End (The Three-Body Problem)" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I hate to do anything less than rave about a book on Barack Obama's reading list, but although the book is very good and highly thought provoking, I felt that some parts were over-explained and some parts that should have been explored more deeply were glossed over
bnmng rated Cibola Burn: 4 stars
Cibola Burn by Джеймс Кори (The Expanse 4)
The gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets, and the land rush has begun. Settlers stream out …
bnmng rated Abaddon's Gate: 4 stars
Abaddon's Gate by Джеймс Кори (The Expanse, #3)
For generations, the solar system -- Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt -- was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The …