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Review of The Other Dr. Gilmer
Review of The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for JusticeRating **** 1/2 Dr. Benjamin Gilmer is eager to start his new position as a family physician, helping people in rural North Carolina. However, he soon learns from staff and
Review of Scrapped
Review of Scrapped: Justice and a Teen Informant by Lisa Peebles and Jon O’Brien rating **** I’ve always been drawn to wrongful conviction stories. There’s just something about the idea of an innocent person wasting away in prison for something they didn’t do. Wrongful convictions
Review of The Big Cheat
Review of The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced American and Enriched Himself and His Family By David Cay Johnston rating **** While this book doesn’t reveal anything I didn’t already know, it does a good job of exposing the litany of money-making scams that
Review of the Last Duel Book vs Film
The Last Duel written by Eric Jager rating ****The Last Duel written by Nicole Holofcener, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck directed by Ridley ScottRating **** Book or film? I chose to do both. It’s been a while since I had a chance to read a
Review of The Premonition
Review of The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis Rating *** I’m a Michael Lewis fan. Premonition, however, fell short for me. The book lacked a narrative focus. Instead, it read more like a series of loosely connected anecdotes. I would have preferred more
Review of The Woman They Could Not Silence
Review of The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore Rating ***** Every story has a protagonist and an antagonist. Elizabeth Packard, the protagonist of this story, had