book reviews kill

301 episodes

Join Evan and Chad as they delve deep into the world of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror Novels. Book reviews, recommendations fun discussions, recaps & book summaries & a thriving book community.

Book Reviews Kill E. Leikam, C. Klein

4.8 • 134 Ratings
APR 22, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (4/22/2024)

Guess who just got back today? Them wild-eyed boys that had been away Haven't changed, still have too much to say But man, I still think them cats are crazy… At a slight risk of a lawsuit from Lizy and her athletic nature, it is safe to say the Boys are back in Town! We are back Ladies and Gentleman! Join in the fun as you can audibly hear the shouts as good bookish folk the world over cheer as the Minute returns. Yes, it's true - all that is good and holy in this universe has returned to normal. There the hyping shall end, but please know what a great honor it is to once again invite you to join our fearless book-loving hosts and press that play button for another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

1 hr 38 min
MAR 25, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (3/25/2024)

Bookteam assemble! It is Monday and yes, finally, ye of stout bookish heart, the wait is over. The Monday Morning Minute has arrived. In a world overwhelmed with media, stories so abundant they twinkle like the stars in the night sky, two best friends set out to talk about some books, shows, movies, and high-level physics theories that they are not in any way qualified to discuss and barely understand. Also, Chad thinks he could be the next Ghost Buster’s prodigy? Please accept a heartfelt book-filled welcome to these sacred bookish halls and hope you enjoy another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

1 hr 18 min
MAR 18, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (3/18/2024)

*SPOILERS FOR DAMSEL* Hello, fellow book friends - 'tis time once again for everyone’s favorite weekly episode the Monday Morning Minute! But first: an idiot named Chad would like to extend his humblest apologies for the late episode, somehow the audio was garbled when the aforementioned dingus uploaded it late last night, before he quickly fell asleep. But fear not! It has been remade and injected with an exuberant passion for books and the love for high-quality audio that could fill thousands of pages. Join Evan and Chad as they discuss books, review books, talk books, love books, and maybe even hate a few books. You get it - they book hard. Also discussed are some of the movies and shows they are currently watching and perhaps bandy back and forth over a dragon of a disagreement . . . what could it be about? You’ll just have to press play and find out on another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill!

MAR 15, 2024

Throne of Glass #4 - Queen of Shadows

Join Evan and Chad For their summary and review of The Queen of Shadows as they once again delve deep into the acclaimed Throne of Glass series by Sarah. J. Maas. I shall waste no more breath than I must keeping you here dear friend, just know we are excited to have you here as you are, hopefully, excited to be here for another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy You Books (Throne of Glass Books In the order BRK is reading them) 📕Throne of Glass👉https://amzn.to/42uRPR8 📕Crown of Midnight👉https://amzn.to/3uskDNK 📕The Assassin's Blade👉https://amzn.to/4870URl 📕Heir of Fire 👉https://amzn.to/496jlqu 📕Queen of Shadows👉https://amzn.to/3St0PBL 📕Empire of Storms👉https://amzn.to/3SySBYZ 📕Tower of Dawn👉https://amzn.to/3SyRUyy 📕Kingdom of Ash👉https://amzn.to/3SQ88Vp --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

1 hr 30 min
MAR 12, 2024

MALAZAN - Memories of Ice (The Spark and the Ashes)

Dear friends, fellow spelunkers of the page, your friendly face brings solace to our fearless hosts as they once again dive deep into this world - safety, a thing fully disregarded as they boldly explore The Memories of Ice Book Review warren. Today their feet will take them through, The Spark and the Ashes, the first book in the third volume of Stephen Erikson’s epic saga, Malazan Book of the Fallen. As their path takes them deeper into this book-review warren the stakes are higher than ever. The mysterious and seemingly unstoppable flood, the Pannion Domin, has swept across the southern part of Genabackis so far devouring three cities as it expands. Armies gather and plots thicken in this summary and discussion and one thing remains ever true. Adventures, especially those most dangerous, are always made better with friends. So strap on your sword, press play and join Evan and Chad and know your presence couldn’t be more welcome on another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy You Books (Malazan Books In Order) 📕Gardens of the Moon👉https://amzn.to/3vCKwux 📕Deadhouse Gates👉https://amzn.to/3HharKN 📕Memories of Ice👉https://amzn.to/3HiLVsL 📕House of Chains👉https://amzn.to/3O5lfQ1 📕Midnight Tides👉https://amzn.to/3O6W8w1 📕The Bonehunters👉https://amzn.to/3SjhuZD 📕Reaper's Gale👉https://amzn.to/3SjKIYj 📕Toll The Hounds👉https://amzn.to/47wTI0E 📕Dust of Dreams👉https://amzn.to/4b0KpsA 📕The Crippled God👉https://amzn.to/4aV6N6P --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

1 hr 24 min
MAR 11, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (3/11/2024)

Whatdya know the boys are back at it again. And once again they cower in fear the night before rushing to produce the perfect episode of book-reviewing brilliance. An episode so chock full of bookish delights and whimsical fantasy treats that their audience just might decide to allow them to live one more week. The call of the minute echoes across the American countryside as pyre after pyre is lit. As each blaze climbs towards the stars it is seen from the next mountaintop who soon sends its own smokey assurance high into the morning sky. A bookish blood lust is sated as the fires snake their way across the Atlantic (magic fire) and continue around the rest of the globe. A bookish mob of readers disperse as their hunger for super quality book-related content and food analogies are satisfied . . . for now. The hosts of BRK have defied the odds once again and earned the right to live seven more days as somehow, they have done it again and created just the best darn podcast episode about books and best friends. Evan and Chad hug, overjoyed to have kept the seething tide of book-lovers (a notoriously vicious and violent bunch) at bay one more time with another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

Customer Reviews

134 Ratings

Excellent sci fi book podcast

These guys are brilliant. I listened to their long, funny, intelligent, detailed analysis of the expanse book series. I loved it. Highly recommend.

best podcast

best podcast i've found! been listening for a while now and they always make my mondays better! i feel like i get 80%+ of book recs either from them or their discord. 10/10!!

Only podcast that I look forward to

Can’t say enough good things about this podcast. I’ve been listening for over a year now, and I owe it to Chad and Evan for getting me back into reading after a long hiatus. I have a long commute Monday mornings and always look forward to the Monday morning minute to get my week started off with what feels like two close friends.

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Monday Morning Minute (4/22/2024)

Guess who just got back today?

Them wild-eyed boys that had been away

Haven't changed, still have too much to say

But man, I still think them cats are crazy…

At a slight risk of a lawsuit from Lizy and her athletic nature, it is safe to say the Boys are back in Town! We are back Ladies and Gentleman! Join in the fun as you can audibly hear the shouts as good bookish folk the world over cheer as the Minute returns. Yes, it's true - all that is good and holy in this universe has returned to normal. There the hyping shall end, but please know what a great honor it is to once again invite you to join our fearless book-loving hosts and press that play button for another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill!

🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo

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Monday Morning Minute (3/25/2024)

Monday Morning Minute (3/18/2024)

*SPOILERS FOR DAMSEL*

Hello, fellow book friends - 'tis time once again for everyone’s favorite weekly episode the Monday Morning Minute!

But first: an idiot named Chad would like to extend his humblest apologies for the late episode, somehow the audio was garbled when the aforementioned dingus uploaded it late last night, before he quickly fell asleep. But fear not! It has been remade and injected with an exuberant passion for books and the love for high-quality audio that could fill thousands of pages.

Join Evan and Chad as they discuss books, review books, talk books, love books, and maybe even hate a few books. You get it - they book hard. Also discussed are some of the movies and shows they are currently watching and perhaps bandy back and forth over a dragon of a disagreement . . . what could it be about? You’ll just have to press play and find out on another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill!

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Inspirational

Listening to Evan on TikTok made me want to read again. Since having a family, my book count dropped to zero. I used some of Evan’s suggestions as Christmas gifts, and it inspired me to pick through my unread pile. I really enjoy the banter between Evan and Chad. Their book suggestions are phenomenal. I can’t wait to keep listening. I hope to be able to read along with them some time.

Robert Kristoffersen

A Great Conversational Podcast About Fantasy, Sci-fi and Horror

Fantasy and Science-Fiction can be daunting genres to get into, but in listening to Book Reviews Kill, and Evan & Chad's discussions, they make me want to take chances on 1,000 page, multi-part serieses. But, just yesterday, while at work, I started listening to the Gentleman Bastard series. I came to this podcast via Evan's TikTok account and have enjoyed it thus far. Keep doing what you're doing, guys. It's great.

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Book Reviews Kill

Join Evan and Chad as they delve deep into the world of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror Novels.

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Guess who just got back today?

Them wild-eyed boys that had been away

Haven't changed, still have too much to say

But man, I still think them cats are crazy…

.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;} Monday Morning Minute (3/25/2024)

Monday Morning Minute (3/18/2024)

*SPOILERS FOR DAMSEL*

Hello, fellow book friends - 'tis time once again for everyone’s favorite weekly episode the Monday Morning Minute!

Throne of Glass #4 - Queen of Shadows

🏆Join The Patreon Family👉 https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo

--------BRK----...

MALAZAN - Memories of Ice (The Spark and the Ashes)

As their path takes them deepe...

Monday Morning Minute (3/11/2024)

Throne of Glass #3 - Heir of Fire

Join Evan and Chad as they enter into the seriously awesome book that is Heir of Fire. Their foray into the past still fresh in their minds, our fearless book-reviewing hosts needed a fresh book to revitalize their love for the characters and story within the Throne of Glass series. And boy did Sarah J. Maas deliver! Wow - this book stands as a testament to the growth and dedication Maas has for her craft. It is safe to say Heir of...

Monday Morning Minute (3/4/2024)

It’s the Monday Morning Minute these podcast hosts’ll tell ya, does it ever get better? Can they really see the future or just predict the weather? Are we in our finest hour or headed for disaster? Use your superpowers and rescue me. We were there at the start we've got Polaroids to prove it. Skateboards and scars and embarrassing home movies. But if you really want to see where it's all going, Start this podcast Evan and Chad are ...

Monday Morning Minute (2/26/2024)

MALAZAN - Deadhouse Gates (Deadhouse Gates)

This is the final part of this 4 episode series covering the second book, Deadhouse Gates, called by the same name, Deadhouse Gates. Emotions are high but so too is their level of alertn...

Throne of Glass #2.5 -The Assassins Blade

Monday Morning Minute (2/19/2024)

MALAZAN - Deadhouse Gates (Chain of Dogs)

Throne of Glass #2 - Crown of Midnight

Red Rising #6 - Lightbringer

Monday Morning Minute (2/12/2024)

MALAZAN - Deadhouse Gates (Whirlwind)

Oh, the humanity! Rebellion has whipped the sands and peoples of the Seven Cities into a frenzy. Join our fearless hosts as they boldly explore the second book (Whirlwind) in Steven Erikson’s Deadhouse Gates, volume two in Malazan Book of the Fallen. The sandy Book Review Warren is fraught with shape changers, insane wizards, demons, unexplainable warren magic, lost wanderers, thirsty prisoners on the run, and evils so foul it woul...

Throne of Glass #1

Like lightning striking sand the BRK boys are at it again, this time their fearless book-reviewing expedition takes them deep into the secret tunnels beneath the Throne of Glass. Book one, bearing the same name, is Maas’s much-loved debut novel she started writing at the age of 16. While Chad was longboarding barefoot routinely picking glass and gravel out of his feet and Evan was changing the name of his band every week, Sarah J. ...

Monday Morning Minute (2/5/2024)

Once upon a time it was now and you found the best book review podcast ever. Holy cow, you also found a link to the best book community discord server ever👇. Truly a bastion of bookish delights and a welcoming home for your page-slaying soul, where pages turn almost as fast as heads as this community is also insanely good-looking. Oh wait, that was a mirror, dang you are looking good today - you’ll fit right in. What’s this? This ...

MALAZAN - Deadhouse Gates (Raraku)

Our fearless hosts find themselves deep past the Malazan Book of the Fallen event horizon, unable to turn back even if they wanted to. Today, they traverse the warren of book two in this series, Deadhouse Gates - specifically diving deep into Raraku, the first of this four-part tome. Danger and confusion are their only companions in this dark magic-filled realm. Well - their only companions besides the many thousands of you, our br...

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Book Reviews Kill

Join Evan and Chad as they delve deep into the world of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror Novels.

Monday Feb 26, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (2/26/2024)

There are those days that the episode is so fun, so enjoyable, so teeming with two best friends who can’t help but stay on topic that it just feels wrong, amoral even, to force a long podcast episode description upon you. This is a consensual reading after all and I don’t want to take the precious time you spend making me feel like I am not wasting the precious time I spend, many time spending seriously way too long writing these, for granted . . . So permit me a simple best fantasy book review podcast SEO drop and with that done it is my honor, nay my privilege to present you with another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

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Sunday Feb 25, 2024

MALAZAN - Deadhouse Gates (Deadhouse Gates)

The House is Dead and its gates remain locked to all but the bravest with the purest of intentions. Join Evan and Chad as they explore the Deadhouse Gates Warren, book 4 of the second volume of Steven Erikson’s infamous Malazan Book of the Fallen. This is the final part of this 4 episode series covering the second book, Deadhouse Gates, called by the same name, Deadhouse Gates. Emotions are high but so too is their level of alertness, knowing one fell step could lead to utter oblivion, or worse - eternity trapped inside an Azath House. This Warren takes our fearless hosts deep into the tale, starting of course with a thorough summary (probably too thorough of a summary) and a recap of part four of the second book in the series, Deadhouse Gates. If your courage wanes no judgment shall be cast from these two purveyors of the pen. Though, should you choose to face this bookish behemoth, priceless treasures, sophisticated accolades, and grand titles shall gather at your feet. Without further delay join us, fellow adventurer, for what is certain to be another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy You Books (Malazan Books In Order) 📕Gardens of the Moon👉https://amzn.to/3vCKwux 📕Deadhouse Gates👉https://amzn.to/3HharKN 📕Memories of Ice👉https://amzn.to/3HiLVsL 📕House of Chains👉https://amzn.to/3O5lfQ1 📕Midnight Tides👉https://amzn.to/3O6W8w1 📕The Bonehunters👉https://amzn.to/3SjhuZD 📕Reaper's Gale👉https://amzn.to/3SjKIYj 📕Toll The Hounds👉https://amzn.to/47wTI0E 📕Dust of Dreams👉https://amzn.to/4b0KpsA 📕The Crippled God👉https://amzn.to/4aV6N6P --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

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Thursday Feb 22, 2024

Throne of Glass #2.5 -The Assassins Blade

Join Evan and Chad as they take a break from the present-day timeline of Throne of Glass as they recap and then review The Assassin's Blade - a collection of short stories taking us through important events of this story's past. New characters, old loves, evil mentors, aspiring healers, and revenge-driven horse thieves take center stage as our fearless hosts process and discuss this important prequel to Sarah J. Maas’s debut series, Throne of Glass. Will you agree with their opinions? Are their predictions on point or do they allow themselves to get lost in the doldrums of semantic details once again preferring rabbit trails instead of the more traditional wider paths? Whichever path is taken it is sure to entertain as these two best friends once again bring their passion for a good tale and attempt to bring their book-reviewing skills to the fore in another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy You Books (Throne of Glass Books In the order BRK is reading them) 📕Throne of Glass👉https://amzn.to/42uRPR8 📕Crown of Midnight👉https://amzn.to/3uskDNK 📕The Assassin's Blade👉https://amzn.to/4870URl 📕Heir of Fire 👉https://amzn.to/496jlqu 📕Queen of Shadows👉https://amzn.to/3St0PBL 📕Empire of Storms👉https://amzn.to/3SySBYZ 📕Tower of Dawn👉https://amzn.to/3SyRUyy 📕Kingdom of Ash👉https://amzn.to/3SQ88Vp --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

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Monday Feb 19, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (2/19/2024)

What’s that? You are looking to hang out with two best friends who love their books? Join Evan and Chad for the highly anticipated weekly book discussion episode the Monday Morning Minute! They talk books, maybe some stories, books, and even yes, books. Chad also might make fun of Evan for not continuing to watch Andor, the new Star Wars show, and Evan may be a bit enamored with The Last Of Us, which he is finally watching. Regardless of how many rabbit trails they may go on, they are honored to have you along for another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

Friday Feb 16, 2024

MALAZAN - Deadhouse Gates (Chain of Dogs)

Once again, our fearless hosts find themselves deep within the terrifying warrens of the second volume of Malazan Book of the Fallen. Best friends and amazing listeners joining them in their perilous journey are many times the only thing giving them the courage to proceed. Today they trek through the book review warrens of book three, Chain of Dogs from Stephen Erikson's second installment in the series, Deadhouse Gates. Come along if you dare for what is certain to be another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy You Books (Malazan Books In Order) 📕Gardens of the Moon👉https://amzn.to/3vCKwux 📕Deadhouse Gates👉https://amzn.to/3HharKN 📕Memories of Ice👉https://amzn.to/3HiLVsL 📕House of Chains👉https://amzn.to/3O5lfQ1 📕Midnight Tides👉https://amzn.to/3O6W8w1 📕The Bonehunters👉https://amzn.to/3SjhuZD 📕Reaper's Gale👉https://amzn.to/3SjKIYj 📕Toll The Hounds👉https://amzn.to/47wTI0E 📕Dust of Dreams👉https://amzn.to/4b0KpsA 📕The Crippled God👉https://amzn.to/4aV6N6P --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

Wednesday Feb 14, 2024

Throne of Glass #2 - Crown of Midnight

Join our fearless hosts Evan and Chad as they boldly go where many have gone before and review the second book in Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass series, Crown of Midnight. It is not recommended you listen at midnight though as there be assassins in these parts. If they catch you, they will make you fake your death and leave town, and if you need 30 days arrange business and life that can be arranged. Seriously though, we got some really nice assassins in these parts. It is uncertain if you will run into any midnight killers, but you are sure to find two best friends who love talking about books and couldn't be more honored to have you along for the ride - so hit play and strap in for another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy You Books (Throne of Glass Books In the order BRK is reading them) 📕Throne of Glass👉https://amzn.to/42uRPR8 📕Crown of Midnight👉https://amzn.to/3uskDNK 📕The Assassin's Blade👉https://amzn.to/4870URl 📕Heir of Fire 👉https://amzn.to/496jlqu 📕Queen of Shadows👉https://amzn.to/3St0PBL 📕Empire of Storms👉https://amzn.to/3SySBYZ 📕Tower of Dawn👉https://amzn.to/3SyRUyy 📕Kingdom of Ash👉https://amzn.to/3SQ88Vp --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

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Tuesday Feb 13, 2024

Red Rising #6 - Lightbringer

Emotions are high as Evan and Chad, our fearless hosts summarize, review, and discuss Lightbringer, the 6th book in Pierce Brown’s insanely popular science fiction series, Red Rising. Much like Darrow’s uprising, the last three books of this review series were a bit drawn out and tedious as scheduling conflicts and life events replaced the typical one-book-per-week clip that is the BRK norm. Please accept Evan and Chad's gratitude for your patience it was a dollop of much-needed hope, a salve during a dark age. The BRK listeners, our Beloved Book Benders are the most amazing, gracious and kind of all podcast communities and we love you all very dearly. Dark Age was dark - to put it lightly. You may recall Chad being particularly displeased by the lack of hope or light at the end of that tunnel. Did Lightbringer fulfill the promise in its name and inject this beloved tale with some much-needed hope? Does it return to the triumphant feeling that was such a valued companion during the first three books of this series? Did this book leave Chad happy with the portion of hope it served? What does Evan think will happen in the series finale which has yet to be released? Join us one final time (until the next book comes out) and find out on another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy Us Books🫶 Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 📚Buy You Books - Red Rising Series In Order 📕Red Rising👉https://amzn.to/3JvJuo2 📕Golden Son👉https://amzn.to/3Pxkn8i 📕Morning Star👉https://amzn.to/46kFBvY 📕Iron Gold👉https://amzn.to/3r6jaL2 📕Dark Age👉https://amzn.to/46zmDSy 📕Light Bringer👉https://amzn.to/3PNNQuT --------BRK-------- 🔥Try Listening To Books With 2 Free Audible Credits🤝https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Chad’s Bookmark of Choice - The Bookdart🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

Monday Feb 12, 2024

Monday Morning Minute (2/12/2024)

You have survived the hell that is the weekend once again! I applaud your strength ye Tome Terror, Page Pulveriser, Master and Commander of the far Page of the Papyrous. Many of you at least faking a smile, pretending to be happy - but all the while knowing nothing can supplant the sheer raw joy and happiness felt when Monday occurs and a fresh Minute awaits you. The wait is over and the BRK boys couldn’t be more excited to have you along. Our fearless hosts certainly do not discuss the best way to construct a sandwich amidst general food-related talk for like way longer than is appropriate. They get around to some books also but sandwiches? How does one go about building the bes . . . no spoilers here my friends! You’ll just have to proceed and find out in another exciting episode of Book Reviews Kill! 🏆Join The Patreon Family👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo --------BRK-------- 🎁 Buy us Books🫶 🌝Evan👉https://amzn.to/42czFm5 😁Chad👉https://amzn.to/42a2cJ8 --------BRK-------- 🔔Subscribe on YouTube👉http://bit.ly/3YUGl71 😀 Join the Conversation on the Book Reviews Kill Discord👉https://bit.ly/3PKumU8 🔥Free Month of Audible Premium Plus & 2 Free Book Credits🤝🏼https://bit.ly/3dRuQKN 🎯Buy Bookdarts🤝https://amzn.to/3NJdH60 --------BRK-------- 🏆 Support Book Reviews Kill👉https://bit.ly/3Th8PFo 🕒 TIkTok Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3lXeTXD Chad’s👉https://bit.ly/3XUE8XU 📸 Instagram Book_Reviews_Kill👉https://bit.ly/3YQS4Ub Wicks_Words👉https://bit.ly/3Zb21vo 🐤 Twitter @BookReviewsKill👉https://bit.ly/3IKZNgC @TheWordWick👉https://bit.ly/3Smc3re 🌴 Links Evan's👉https://bit.ly/3YTSetS Chad's👉https://bit.ly/3cjCSMj 📫 Inquiries👉[email protected]

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - review

To Kill a Mockingbird is one of those books that almost everyone reads at some point in their lives. Whether you've been forced to read it at school, or you've had a look because everyone's been urging you to, most people have their own personal experience of reading Mockingbird.

The book is about Atticus Finch, who appears as an unconventional hero and role model due to his morality rather than his physical capabilities. The theme of morals is apparent throughout the whole novel, especially in relation to religion and perception of sin. Take Mrs Dubose, a recovering morphine addict: she vows that she'll die beholden to nothing and nobody. She's pursuing her own dream of being a free human being because she knows deep down that it's right.

To Kill a Mockingbird focuses on that gut instinct of right and wrong, and distinguishes it from just following the law. Even the titular quote: "Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" is in itself an allegory for this message. Being in itself a generic message, the idea of 'doing what's right' obviously has a different meaning depending on when and where you're reading the book. If you take 1960, when the book was written, America was in a state of ethical development as social inequality was - very - gradually being overcome. Women's rights and black rights movements were beginning to emerge and some campaigned through violence. Would Atticus Finch condone this?

In the 1930s, when the book was set, America was in the midst of the Great Depression. This was a time when economic difficulties meant that the American Dream was receding further and further away. We could consider that Atticus Finch felt that his own dream of an equal, morally decent society was also heading in the wrong direction.

Without denying the constancy of the moral message, and the pure ingenuity of the book, it's still open to debate whether, as with all classics, schoolchildren should be forced to read the novel and go over it page-by-page. The beauty of literature and the reason why I love it so much is that a writer must eventually relinquish the meaning of his or her book. Therefore everyone who reads it can take something out of it which no one has before. I find that a beautiful notion myself, but it seems that looking for these life lessons has become a less and less popular exercise as the years have gone by. Let it not be forgotten that a true piece of literature, like To Kill a Mockingbird, is meaningful in every period and that today, Atticus Finch's message should be heard in the midst of all the global conflicts that we hear of on the news every night.

To think that children are suffering across the world because of a tyrannical regime or an unfair justice system is a depressing notion, and I think a modern Atticus Finch would agree. I don't think he would be comfortable knowing that innocent lives were suffering because of inequality. Atticus would now be defending issues that Harper Lee did not consider when writing the book, such as gay and lesbian rights, because what is at the heart of his character is an acceptance of who people are. That is a moral standpoint that you can hold whoever you are or wherever you are born. Atticus Finch is not xenophobic or homophobic. He's not racist or sexist. He's human and he sees everyone else in the same way. Who knows? Maybe Atticus Finch would even be an animal rights supporter.

Should it be analysed, taught in schools and pulled to pieces? I can't say, but what I will say is I'm not against anyone reading for the sake of reading. I've read many a book which I've enjoyed, put down and never thought about since. But I honestly feel that Mockingbird is a book which should be read, be it in school or in adult life (or both), without complete and utter absorption. It's a book with so many layers of meaning that you can get so much out of it. I for one know that To Kill a Mockingbird is a book that really has changed my life and that every time I go back over it, I find something new that I assimilate into my own code of ethics. Going over it, whilst being an arduous task, was in the long run worth all the time it took, and plenty more besides.

I would really advise picking up a copy of Harper Lee's magnificent novel and giving it a try. Because whatever happens, it will never stop being a good book, and it will never stop inspiring good people.

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A LINE TO KILL

by Anthony Horowitz ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 19, 2021

The most conventional of Horowitz’s mysteries to date still reads like a golden-age whodunit on steroids.

Except for the atrocities of World War II, there hasn’t been a murder on the Channel Island of Alderney from time immemorial. The staging of the Alderney Lit Fest brings that streak to a decided end.

The powers that be at Penguin Random House want to send retired DI Daniel Hawthorne and Anthony Horowitz, the writer who fictionalizes the mysteries Hawthorne’s solved, to Alderney. Anthony, always grousing at being treated like a second-class collaborator, is willing to go, and so, surprisingly, is the reclusive Hawthorne. The other luminaries invited to the tiny island include blind psychic Elizabeth Lovell, TV chef Marc Bellamy, war historian George Elkin, children’s franchiser Anne Cleary, and French performance poet Maïssa Lamar. No sooner have the festivities begun than Charles le Mesurier, whose online gambling company is sponsoring them, is taped to a chair, with only his right hand left free, and stabbed to death. The limited resources and competence of the local police make the case a natural for Hawthorne, who obligingly circulates among his counterparts long enough to rattle every one of the many skeletons in their closets. But he faces a serious setback when a second murder spurs Deputy Chief Officer Jonathan Torode of Guernsey Crime Services to identify a culprit Hawthorne agrees is highly plausible. How will the great detective cope with being beaten to the punch? Fans of the author’s formidable brain teasers, certain that the devil is in the details, will be a lot more confident than he is.

Pub Date: Oct. 19, 2021

ISBN: 978-0-06-293-816-9

Page Count: 384

Publisher: Harper/HarperCollins

Review Posted Online: June 28, 2021

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 2021

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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS

by Lisa Scottoline ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2024

As an adjunct member says, “You’re not a family, you’re a force.” Exactly, though not in the way you’d expect.

The ne’er-do-well son of a successful Irish American family gets dragged into criminal complications that suggest the rest of the Devlins aren’t exactly the upstanding citizens they appear.

The first 35 years in the life of Thomas “TJ” Devlin have been one disappointment after another to his parents, lawyers who founded a prosperous insurance and reinsurance firm, and his more successful siblings, John and Gabby. A longtime alcoholic who’s been unemployable ever since he did time for an incident involving his ex-girlfriend Carrie’s then 2-year-old daughter, TJ is nominally an investigator for Devlin & Devlin, but everyone knows the post is a sinecure. Things change dramatically when golden-boy John tells TJ that he just killed Neil Lemaire, an accountant for D&D client Runstan Electronics. Their speedy return to the murder scene reveals no corpse, so the brothers breathe easier—until Lemaire turns up shot to death in his car. John’s way of avoiding anything that might jeopardize his status as heir apparent to D&D is to throw TJ under the bus, blaming him for everything John himself has done and adding that you can’t trust anything his brother has said since he’s fallen off the wagon. TJ, who’s maintained his sobriety a day at a time for nearly two years, feels outraged, but neither the police investigating the murder nor his nearest and dearest care about his feelings. Forget the forgettable mystery, whose solution will leave you shrugging instead of gasping, and focus on the circular firing squad of the Devlins, and you’ll have a much better time than TJ.

Pub Date: March 26, 2024

ISBN: 9780525539704

Publisher: Putnam

Review Posted Online: Jan. 5, 2024

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 2024

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A CONSPIRACY OF BONES

by Kathy Reichs ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2020

Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival.

Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a mysterious trespasser outside her town house, some unknown party texts Tempe four images of a corpse that looks as if it’s been chewed by wild hogs, because it has been. Showboat Medical Examiner Margot Heavner makes it clear that, breaking with her department’s earlier practice ( The Bone Collection , 2016, etc.), she has no intention of calling in Tempe as a consultant and promptly identifies the faceless body herself as that of a young Asian man. Nettled by several errors in Heavner’s analysis, and even more by her willingness to share the gory details at a press conference, Tempe launches her own investigation, which is not so much off the books as against the books. Heavner isn’t exactly mollified when Tempe, aided by retired police detective Skinny Slidell and a host of experts, puts a name to the dead man. But the hints of other crimes Tempe’s identification uncovers, particularly crimes against children, spur her on to redouble her efforts despite the new M.E.’s splenetic outbursts. Before he died, it seems, Felix Vodyanov was linked to a passenger ferry that sank in 1994, an even earlier U.S. government project to research biological agents that could control human behavior, the hinky spiritual retreat Sparkling Waters, the dark web site DeepUnder, and the disappearances of at least four schoolchildren, two of whom have also turned up dead. And why on earth was Vodyanov carrying Tempe’s own contact information? The mounting evidence of ever more and ever worse skulduggery will pull Tempe deeper and deeper down what even she sees as a rabbit hole before she confronts a ringleader implicated in “Drugs. Fraud. Breaking and entering. Arson. Kidnapping. How does attempted murder sound?”

Pub Date: March 17, 2020

ISBN: 978-1-9821-3888-2

Page Count: 352

Publisher: Scribner

Review Posted Online: Dec. 22, 2019

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 15, 2020

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Truly unbelievable tales of derring-do and gruesome escapades at the CIA

Kai Bird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the City University of New York. His most recent book is “The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames.”

I have many problems with this book, beginning with its lurid title, “Surprise, Kill, Vanish.” Neither do I like the author’s sycophantic take on the CIA, nor her cavalier accounts of CIA targeted killings. I am uncomfortable with her casual approval of all things macho in the world of paramilitary warfare. Nor do I like the author’s pretense that she has written a biography when the hero of her narrative makes only fleeting appearances. I’m annoyed by the sloppy research and the breathless quality of her writing. And I hate the fact that the author, and evidently her publisher, thinks all this is okay because, well, it is an exciting story about a real-life Rambo character.

Annie Jacobsen has a history of publishing sensational, conspiracy-driven books that sell well. Her topics — Nazi scientists, UFOs, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the history of government-financed investigations of the paranormal — must appeal to some readers’ desire for astounding revelations. The reviews have been decidedly mixed. Dick Teresi critically reviewed Jacobsen’s “Phenomena,” a silly book about the paranormal, and archly observed that “Jacobsen’s sources should have used mind control to get her a more receptive [New York] Times reviewer.” Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Richard Rhodes called one of her books (“Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base”) an “error-ridden job of reporting” and accused her of being “at a minimum extraordinarily gullible or journalistically incompetent.” Rhodes was being gentle. This is a book in which she claims that an unidentified flying object cited in 1948 was actually a flying saucer sent by Joseph Stalin and flown by mutant, bug-eyed teenagers created by the notorious Nazi death camp doctor Josef Mengele. Jacobsen later refused to name her sole source for this cockamamie story and not-so-cleverly insisted, “I believe that what the source told me is true, to him.”

You may ask if “Surprise, Kill, Vanish” is really that bad. Yes, it is. You may ask if your reviewer is a grouch. No, not after my first morning espresso, and as a biographer myself, I know how hard it is to write biography, so I’m appalled that I find myself having to write a nasty review. You may ask if I have a bias toward the CIA. Well, my last book was a biography of a CIA officer, and by all accounts, my sources in the agency admired my admiring take on the late intelligence officer Robert Ames. But yes, I think one reason I so dislike Jacobsen’s non-biographical alleged biography of the CIA’s Billy Waugh is that her celebration of his career as a paramilitary operative denigrates the art of collecting human intelligence, something that was once respected in the agency.

I’ll return to this theme in a moment, but first let me shed a little light on a few of the egregious errors, large and small, in this awful book:

• John F. Kennedy was not “a young lieutenant colonel” during World War II. He was a lieutenant in the Navy.

• Writing about the Green Beret affair of 1969, Jacobsen misidentifies Capt. Robert F. Marasco as a “CIA employee.” According to Jeff Stein, the author of the definitive 1992 book on the case, “A Murder in Wartime,” Marasco was never a CIA officer but served in Army counterintelligence.

• Jacobsen writes that “Mossad legend has it that in 1948 . . . the Vatican asked Israel to hold a mock trial of Jesus and reverse the original biblical death verdict.” Nice legend, but totally ridiculous.

• Henry Kissinger did not make a deal with Yasser Arafat in 1973 to use Ali Hassan Salameh as “a clandestine asset.” That relationship with Salameh began in 1969, and Kissinger was merely made aware of it by CIA Director Richard Helms.

• Jacobsen refers to an “Agency handler, code-named Charles Waverly” — apparently unaware that Waverly was merely an italicized alias I used in my book to protect a source, not an agency code-name.

• Kissinger’s use of back-channel intelligence from Salameh had nothing to do with his “proximity” to the Watergate scandal.

• Salameh never “worked for the CIA.” Instead, he repeatedly refused payment or recruitment on any terms.

• Jacobsen falsely asserts that after the 1983 Beirut embassy bombing, “one of his [Robert Ames’s] hands was found floating a mile out at sea, his wedding band still on his ring finger.” I categorically refuted this detail in “The Good Spy,” a book Jacobsen claims to have read.

Oh well, inevitably, errors creep into every book. My real problem with this work is the author’s underlying themes. To this end, she uses Waugh’s career to lionize paramilitary operations and targeted killings. The Israelis do it so well, so why can’t we follow in the celebrated footsteps of the Mossad? She claims that Waugh, now 90 years old, is “one of the oldest longest-serving covert-action operators in the United States.” Jacobsen draws on Waugh’s 2004 memoir for much of his story, but she also interviewed Waugh for “several hundred hours” and exchanged more than 1,300 emails with him. In her storytelling, Waugh is ubiquitous. He first appears on the battlefield as a 21-year-old paratrooper in the Korean War. “I wanted to see combat,” he tells Jacobsen. “To be brave under fire.”

Later, he’s serving with the Special Forces in Vietnam. In Saigon, he claims to have trained President Ngo Dinh Diem’s soldiers in “everything from sabotage and assassination, to evade and escape.” In 1965, approaching an enemy camp, Waugh stumbles upon two North Vietnamese cooks gathering firewood. “As the man reached for the pistol on his hip, Waugh took a swift step forward, grabbed him around the shoulders, and pushed his knife into the man’s throat. The woman came at him with a stick. Waugh slit her throat and set her body down on the jungle floor. All was quiet again.” You get the picture: Both Waugh and his biographer love a little blood and gore.

Waugh has a part here and there in all the Cold War battlefields from Cuba to the Middle East. His last CIA mission, at the age of 82, is in the autumn of 2011, when he is sent to make contact in Libya with some of Moammar Gaddafi’s former generals. We’re not told why, but if an 82-year-old officer was the best the CIA could muster, perhaps this explains some of the blowback chaos we see in Libya today.

In a trip down memory lane, Jacobsen accompanied Waugh back to Vietnam. At one point, they find themselves chatting amiably in Hanoi with Vo Dien Bien, the son of Vo Nguyen Giap — the famed North Vietnamese general who defeated the French and the Americans. “I was on a Green Light team that trained in Okinawa,” Waugh volunteers to his host. “We were considering parachuting a SADM nuclear device into Vietnam.” Waugh was referring to a special atomic demolition munition (SADM), usually a lightweight W54 tactical warhead small enough to be carried in a backpack.

Taken aback by this claim, Dien Bien politely responds, “The Americans would never use nuclear weapons against” Vietnam.

“Not true,” insists Waugh. “I was on the team. We were going to drop it on the Mu Gia Pass. I wrote up the recommendation.”

Jacobsen claims that Waugh’s memory is correct and that U.S. authorities actually considered using tactical nuclear weapons to block the Ho Chi Minh Trail. But her footnote cites a 1967 intelligence report that contradicts Waugh’s assertion. The report explores the many military impracticalities and then, thankfully, concludes, “In sum, the political effects of U.S. first use of TNW [tactical nuclear weapons] in Vietnam would be uniformly bad and could be catastrophic.”

But our intrepid Billy Waugh, well, he was always ready to parachute anywhere with a TNW strapped to his back. What a man!

In Jacobsen’s epilogue, she has dinner at an Irish pub with Cofer Black, former director of the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center. “You’ll only ever know a hundredth of the things Billy accomplished for us,” Black tells her “cryptically.”

Well, count me a skeptic. In my opinion , Black, Waugh and the legions of covert-action partisans in the CIA have destroyed the agency’s culture of true intelligence collection. Thomas Powers, the great biographer of the late CIA director Richard Helms, once wrote of the art of intelligence: “There was no deep trick to it. You had to want to know, you had to do a lot of homework, and you had to listen.” Men like Waugh are not listeners, they’re just boys with dangerous toys. And when she’s not pretending to be a biographer, Jacobsen writes TV scripts for shows like “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” — which explains a lot about this unfortunate book.

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

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Book Review: Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh

Psychological
Thriller/Mystery

4.25⭐ Genre ~ psychological thriller Setting ~ New York City Publication date ~ March 19, 2024 Est page Count ~ 351 (64 chapters) Audio length ~ 11 hours Narrator ~ Stephanie Cannon POV ~ multiple 3rd Featuring ~ child death, murder, suicide, revenge

Our 4 narrators are: Amanda , whose 6 year old daughter was kidnapped and murdered. Days later her husband is so grief stricken that he takes his own life. Ruth is brutally attacked in her home and thinks every blue eyed man she sees is her attacker. Farrow is our detective that has a desire to work the cold cases that no one else wants. Scott is Ruth’s husband

The characters are not particularly likable, but I was fine with that. I enjoyed Detective Farrow and his partner, Hernandez. They had a great working relationship and were good at their job.

This is my first time reading this author and I can see why he’s so popular. He gives us some nice tension and twists. I was totally taken by surprise, so woo hoo for that. Of course there were a couple of eye rolling moments, but overall a solid thriller.

Narration notes: I did not listen to this one, but am just giving the info above for reference, which is just as well since it probably would have bugged me that there is only 1 narrator.

*Thanks to the author, Atria Books and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*

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Book blurb:

For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological thriller about two ordinary women who make a dangerous pact to take revenge for each other after being pushed to the brink.

One dark evening on New York City’s Upper West Side, two strangers meet by chance. Over drinks, Amanda and Wendy realize they have much in common, especially loneliness and an intense desire for revenge against the men who destroyed their families. As they talk into the night, they come up with the perfect if you kill for me, I’ll kill for you.

In another part of the city, Ruth is home alone when the beautiful brownstone she shares with her husband, Scott, is invaded. She’s attacked by a man with piercing blue eyes, who disappears into the night. Will she ever be able to feel safe again while the blue-eyed stranger is out there?

Intricate, heart-racing, and from an author who “is the real deal” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Kill for Me, Kill for You will keep you breathless until the final page.

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I hadn’t heard of this one, but it seems pretty interesting. I do like a good mystery.

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I definitely recommend it, Lauren!

My husband has read most of his books and loved them so much. So now I have a bunch on my TBR and will dig in at some point in the future. Great review.

Thanks, Lisa! I think I’ll have to check out his series one day.

Great review Heather. Glad you enjoyed this too. I have read several of Cavanagh’s books now, and he doesn’t disappoint. 💕📚

That’s good to hear, I’ll be adding them to my list for sure. Thanks, Sandy!

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Book Review: The Workshop: Week One by Matt Mills Book Review: The Workshop: Week One by Matt Mills

3⭐Genre ~ Literary Fiction/NA/Humor/RomanceSetting ~ collegePublication date ~ May 17, 2023Est page Count ~ 167, timestampedPOV ~ omniscient 3rdFeaturing ~ debut, creative writing class discussions My review: Our diverse students

Book Review: Drowning by T.J. Newman Book Review: Drowning by T.J. Newman

4.5⭐Genre ~ thrillerSetting ~ Hawaii & The OceanPublication date ~ May 30, 2023Est page Count ~ 300 (43+ chapters +e)Audio length ~ 7 hours 43 minutesNarrators ~ Steven Weber, Laura BenantiPOV ~ multiple 3rdFeaturing ~ plane crash, search

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1961

Author: Harper Lee

Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co.

Genre: Bildungsroman, Historical Fiction

First Publication: 1960

Language: English

Major Characters: Scout Finch, Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, Arthur Radley, Mayella Ewell, Aunt Alexandra, Bob Ewell, Calpurnia (housekeeper), Tom Robinson, Miss Maudie Atkinson, Judge John Taylor, Dill Harris, Heck Tate, Stephanie Crawford

Setting Place: The fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression

Theme: Community and Convention, Female Sexuality and Friendship, Faith, Suffering, and God’s Will, Science and Superstition, Justice and Judgment

Narrator: First person

Book Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.

Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes readers to the roots of human behavior – to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos.

Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

Book Review: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

With endless books and infinitely more to be written in the future, it is rare occasion that I take the time to reread a novel. And this time it’s To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a timeless classic. The first time I read this I was much, much younger and I remember loving it then. Over fifteen years later, it still held so much for me – wonderful language and characters that I never forgot about, profound themes explored , and relevancy even so many years later. Harper Lee is one of the best female authors.

The story in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is told from the point of view of Scout (Jean-Louise Finch), a six year old girl , through various events that happen in the town of Maycomb and in particular, the court case of Tom Robinson as her father Atticus Finch acts as Tom’s defence lawyer. Tom, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, has to endure multiple racial attacks. Atticus, widely described as the “most enduring fictional image of racial heroism”, describes the events to Scout so that she sees that all people should be treated equally.

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

The narrator of this story is young tomboy Jean Louise (Scout), and her observations of Maycomb and people’s behavior are simple, honest, and visually very rich. I had no problem picturing Scout, Jem and Dill’s childish efforts to draw Boo Radley out of his house, or Calpurnia taking the kids to a colored church.

But when, after 128 pages, the court case begins and the plot really becomes intriguing, you immediately feel a rise in tension and excitement. Here Jem and Atticus become the main characters instead of Scout because they are more aware of the risks and importance of the case, although Scout’s moment with the mob was heartwrenchingly beautiful in it’s innocence.

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”

The last part of the book was less tense but never dull: it was important to show the aftermath and the effects of the case on different class – and races – of people to convey the impact of Atticus’ actions. Because back in 1935 and even now, in our current political situation, standing up for what’s right while the majority is against you, is an incredible brave and difficult thing to do.

One thing especially about this story that stood out to me, are the interesting gender roles in this book. We have Atticus who isn’t only presented as an amazing father but also as a great male character, because he’s patient, courteous, clever…but not traditionally masculine. In contrast with Bob Ewell, the main antagonist, Atticus isn’t physically strong, doesn’t use strong language, and hates violence (example: he keeps his shooting skills a secret from his children).

“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”

His sister, aunt Alexandra, is a very traditional female figure who wants Scout to behave more ‘lady like’, and because Scout doesn’t like her (at first), we as readers dislike her too. Acting as her opposites are Calpurnia and Miss Maudie, who neither show traditional feminine characteristics like politeness and charm, but both are presented as good and right.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a well-loved book for many good reasons, but I was very surprised by its diverse male and female characters, who make this story even richer than it already is.

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Book Review: How I’ll Kill You by Ren DeStefano

By john valeri.

Here’s a bit of backstory for you. Connecticut’s Lauren DeStefano—a graduate of Albertus Magnus College with a concentration in creative writing—was already a New York Times bestselling author of YA and children’s fiction (the Chemical Garden trilogy, the Internment Chronicles, etc.) when she decided to rebrand herself as Ren for her transition to the adult market. The result is her debut thriller, March’s How I’ll Kill You , in which a romance is destined to turn dark—and maybe even deadly.

Identical triplets Sissy (AKA “Jade”), Moody, and Iris were abandoned as children and experienced a string of reunions and separations as they were bounced around foster homes until they aged out of the system. Then, as adults, they agreed that their hearts would only belong to each other—and sealed the deal by leaving a string of dead lovers across the country. Sissy—the youngest by a matter of minutes, and a romantic despite her harsh upbringing—has always been the “fixer,” cleaning up crime scenes and disposing of bodies to protect her sisters. But when they arrive in Arizona, it’s with the understanding that she’ll finally identify her own first kill. It’s the stuff that fantasies are made of.

Of course, real life is more complicated than that—and Sissy soon discovers she may have erred in judgment. Her target, Edison, isn’t just a vulnerable young churchgoer who’s looking for somebody to mend his broken heart; he’s a recent widower with a darkness that lingers just beneath the surface. As Sissy (under the guise of Jade) draws Edison into her web, she finds herself having genuine feelings of affection and protectiveness toward him. Love, even. Grand it ain’t, as such an emotional investment isn’t just dangerous but a betrayal of the sisterhood, which depends on detachment. Sissy’s always known this, and yet she can’t help resenting Moody and Iris for limiting her choices. She can have one or the other—but she can’t have both. And if Sissy can’t make up her mind, it will be made up for her.

DeStefano constrains her narration to Sissy’s POV, which is refreshing in its limited, linear approach to storytelling (versus the authorial calisthenics of alternating timelines and multiple perspectives). Readers are granted immediate and immersive access to Sissy’s innermost desires and fears, which show the humanity that underlies her apparent psychopathic tendencies. This singular focus not only fosters a sense of intimacy but results in the ratcheting up of tensions, as every action, emotion, and exchange is filtered through Sissy’s interpretation, making it difficult to discern what is preservation and what is paranoia. Consequently, the readers’ uncertainties mirror her own as Sissy reaches the proverbial point of no return.

How I’ll Kill You is a triumph. While comparisons to earlier works are inevitable, the twin sister/serial killer story has never been done quite like this before. DeStefano takes a familiar yarn and spins it into a ferocious thread of femme fatales and familial fidelity that strikes at the jugular before taking aim at the heart. Mark my words: Ren DeStefano—who has achieved a distinctness of voice and vision that is quite rare—is both an author to watch and a name to remember.

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‘Civil War’: What you need to know about A24’s dystopian action movie

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A24’s “Civil War,” the latest film from “Ex Machina” and “Men” director Alex Garland , imagines a third-term president ruling over a divided America and follows the journalists driving through the war-torn countryside on a mission to land his final interview. The movie is pulse-pounding and contemplative, as the characters tumble from one tense encounter to the next and ruminate on the nature of journalism and wartime photography.

In his review of the film, The Times’ Joshua Rothkopf wrote, “‘Civil War’ will remind you of the great combat films , the nauseating artillery ping of ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ the surreal up-is-down journey of ‘Apocalypse Now.’ It also bears a pronounced connection to the 2002 zombie road movie scripted by its writer-director Alex Garland, ‘28 Days Later.’”

Starring Kirsten Dunst and Cailee Spaeny as photojournalists, alongside Wagner Moura and Stephen McKinley Henderson (and a scene-stealing, nerve-racking Jesse Plemons ), the film carries a reported production budget of $50 million and has already started to recoup the costs at the box office, earning $25.7 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in North America.

“Civil War” has also been a discourse juggernaut. Conversation on social media has focused on the lack of context given for the conflict at the heart of the film. In a recent column, The Times’ Mary McNamara wrote that “forcing the very real political divisions that plague this nation into vague subtext doesn’t even serve the purported pro-journalism nature of ‘Civil War.’”

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“Knife” is an account of the writer’s brush with death in 2022, and the long recovery that followed.

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KNIFE: Meditations After an Attempted Murder , by Salman Rushdie

“So it’s you,” Salman Rushdie remembers thinking on the morning of Aug. 12, 2022, as a black-clad man, a “squat missile,” sprinted toward him on an auditorium stage in Chautauqua, N.Y. Rushdie thought: “Here you are.”

Thirty-three years had passed since the former supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa ordering the deaths of Rushdie and everyone involved in the publication of his 1988 novel, “The Satanic Verses.” It had been at least two decades since Rushdie stopped running. He had been living an almost normal life in New York City. Socially, he had become a giraffe, eating leaves from the tops of the highest trees, but he was seen in dive bars too.

The black-clad man was an apparition from an older, more punitive world, one Rushdie thought had largely forgotten about him.

It is among that August morning’s ironies that Rushdie was in Chautauqua to participate in a discussion about keeping the world’s writers safe from harm. His attacker had piranhic energy. He also had a knife. Too stunned to try to protect himself, Rushdie only raised his left hand. At first, some in the audience thought the scuffle was performance art.

In his candid, plain-spoken and gripping new memoir, “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” Rushdie describes what happened next. The black-clad man, stabbing wildly, had 27 seconds alone with him. That is long enough, Rushdie points out, to read one of Shakespeare’s sonnets, including his favorite, No. 130. He does not print the poem, but I will, to provide a sense of the interminable horror. This is 27 seconds:

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

His attacker was at last subdued. Blood was everywhere, pooling. Rushdie’s clothes were cut off him. His legs were raised to keep what blood he had left flowing to his heart. He remembers feeling humiliated. “In the presence of serious injuries, your body’s privacy ceases to exist,” he writes. The reader considers it a good sign, for Rushdie’s health and for the tone of this humane and often witty book, that among his first thoughts was, “Oh, my nice Ralph Lauren suit.”

A member of his surgery team later tells him, “When they brought you in from the helicopter, we didn’t think we could save you.” Rushdie describes the appalling damage:

There was the deep knife wound in my left hand, which severed all the tendons and most of the nerves. There were at least two more deep stab wounds in my neck — one slash right across it and more on the right side — and another farther up my face, also on the right. If I look at my chest now, I see a line of wounds down the center, two more slashes on the lower right side, and a cut on my upper right thigh. And there’s a wound on the left side of my mouth, and there was one along my hairline too. And there was the knife in the eye. That was the cruelest blow, and it was a deep wound. The blade went in all the way to the optic nerve, which meant there would be no possibility of saving the vision. It was gone.

As bad as this was, he had been fortunate. A doctor says, “You’re lucky that the man who attacked you had no idea how to kill a man with a knife.”

This is Rushdie’s second memoir. His first, “Joseph Anton” — the title refers to the pseudonym he used when in hiding — was published in 2012. “Joseph Anton” is a sophisticated and multilayered book that recounts his years on the lam. It’s a book about friendship, about the many people who took him in. It was also a book about divorce. He was in the process of separating from his second wife, the novelist Marianne Wiggins, when the fatwa was announced, and during the book his third marriage, to Elizabeth West, falls apart as well.

“Knife,” on the other hand, contains a love story. Rushdie recounts meeting, wooing and marrying the American poet and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths, three decades his junior. She is now Lady Rushdie; her husband was knighted in 2007 for services to literature. Their story adds buoyancy to this memoir. But it takes a long time for that light to pour in. First there will be arduous recovery and rehab.

The poet John Berryman said an artist is lucky when “presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he’s in business.” This is cynical but true. I’ve rarely read about worse physical trauma.

Rushdie is initially held together by staples. His ruined eye bulged out of its socket and hung down his face “like a large soft-boiled egg.” He spends time on ventilators. There were small bags attached to his body to gather a variety of leaking fluids. No one will permit him to look in a mirror. Mentally, he tortures himself. Why had he not defended himself? Was it that he was 75 and his attacker 24?

“On some days I’m embarrassed, even ashamed, by my failure to try to fight back,” he writes. “On other days I tell myself not to be stupid, what do I imagine I could have done? This is as close to understanding my inaction as I’ve been able to get: The targets of violence experience a crisis in their understanding of the real.”

This is not, it must be said, the most elegant book. It does not have the emotional, intellectual and philosophical richness of the journalist Philippe Lançon’s memoir “Disturbance” (2019), about surviving the 2015 Charlie Hebdo magazine attacks by thugs claiming allegiance to Al Qaeda. But Rushdie was wise to largely stick to the details and stay out of his story’s way. To paraphrase Roy Blount Jr., I put this book down only once or twice, to wipe off the sweat.

During Rushdie’s convalescence, his friend Martin Amis died. Another friend, the editor and food writer Bill Buford, nearly expired from heart problems. Another, Paul Auster, discovered he had cancer. “There have been many times since the attack,” Rushdie writes, “when I have thought that Death was hovering over the wrong people.”

His mind, a free-associating unit, is intact. The literary and film references in “Knife” run deep. Along the way we learn that Rushdie is a “Law & Order” fan, that against his better judgment he orders books from Amazon, and that he needed the Chautauqua check to pay for a new air conditioning system. And so on.

Humor bubbles up organically from pain. “Dear reader, if you have never had a catheter inserted into your genital organ, do your very best to keep that record intact,” he writes. He enjoys that one of his surgeons has “the improbably gastronomic name of James Beard.” His account of a prostate exam includes these lines: “Aaagh. Double aaagh. Even more aaagh.” He is self-deprecating about his weight, which was 240 at the time of the attack. He lost 55 pounds in the months that followed. He does not recommend his weight loss technique.

He no longer has any urge, he writes, to defend “The Satanic Verses” or himself, although renunciation is the last thing on his mind. “If anyone’s looking for remorse,” he writes early on, “you can stop reading right here.”

Near the end of this memoir there is a sharp pivot. Throughout, Rushdie has provided pellets of information about his hostile and ill-informed attacker, whom he chooses to refer to as “the A.,” instead of the less decorous label (the Ass) he would prefer to use. Before the attack, the A. had been in Chautauqua for several nights, sleeping rough, checking out the site. He carried a false ID, his fake name an amalgam of the names of well-known Shia Muslim extremists. He had been living in his mother’s basement in New Jersey, playing video games and watching Netflix. He’d been radicalized by YouTube videos and, his mother suspected, by a trip to Lebanon in 2018.

Rushdie decides against trying to speak to him face to face. Instead, he imagines an interview with him, a conversation that consumes 30 pages of this book. I will not give the contents of this imagined interview away, except to say that the topics include radicalization, the ruthlessness that comes with the blinkered conviction that your cause is just, translation, hatred, laughter, literacy, gym memberships, mothers and the New York Giants.

Rushdie is no Oriana Fallaci, and no Tom Stoppard. I am not sure this section entirely comes off, but I am still processing it. Their fictional exchange did put me in mind of a bitter line from Lançon’s book, uttered by the satirical cartoonist Stéphane Jean-Abel Michel Charbonnier, better known as Charb: “If we start respecting people who don’t respect us, we might as well close up shop.”

“Knife” is a clarifying book. It reminds us of the threats the free world faces. It reminds us of the things worth fighting for. Rushdie’s friend Christopher Hitchens, in the wake of the initial fatwa, eloquently explained the stakes. The affair drew a line between “everything I hated versus everything I loved,” he wrote. “In the hate column: dictatorship, religion, stupidity, demagogy, censorship, bullying and intimidation. In the love column: literature, irony, humor, the individual and the defense of free expression.” His words apply to this book.

Many questions are left at the close of “Knife.” It is uncertain if Rushdie will lose the sight in his remaining eye because of macular degeneration. It is unclear where Rushdie and Griffiths will choose to live. But the mood of this book is suggested by this line about going out to a restaurant for the first time since the attack: “After the angel of death, the angel of life.”

KNIFE : Meditations After an Attempted Murder | By Salman Rushdie | Random House | 209 pp. | $28

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The late singer was open about her experience with "a deep pit of depression" that left her feeling "so hopeless" she contemplated suicide

Life was full of highs and lows for Mandisa before the Grammy-winning American Idol alum's death at age 47 on April 18 .

"We can confirm that yesterday Mandisa was found in her home deceased," a rep for the reality singing competition series' beloved season 5 contestant told PEOPLE. "At this time we do not know the cause of death or any further details. We ask for your prayers for her family and close knit circle of friends during this incredibly difficult time."

Mandisa quickly became a fan-favorite during her time on Idol , and she even made it to the show's top 9 alongside Katharine McPhee , Kellie Pickler , Chris Daughtry , Paris Bennett , Elliott Yamin and eventual winner Taylor Hicks .

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Following her stint on the show, the soulful vocalist released her debut album, True Beauty , in 2007 and earned a No. 1 debut on the Top Christian Albums Charts, making her the first new female artist to do so in the chart's 27-year history.

Born and raised in Citrus Heights, California, she released six total albums throughout her career, four of which earned Grammy nominations. Her 2013 album, Overcomer , won the award for best contemporary Christian music album the year after its release, making Mandisa the fifth artist to receive a Grammy after emerging from Idol.

Overcomer was inspired by her best friend and backup singer Kisha Mitchell’s battle with breast cancer. Later in 2014 after Mandisa won the Grammy, Mitchell died.

"When she passed away, it shook the foundations underneath me," Mandisa told PEOPLE in 2017 . "I sank into a deep pit of depression. I turned back to my old ways, which is food."

Having previously lost over 120 lbs., she gained the wait back, plus 75 lbs. more and became a recluse. "You’re battling shame, and you don’t want to leave the house," she said at the time.

"I didn’t leave the house, for the most part. When I got up, I went downstairs, sat in the recliner, and I watched television nonstop," continued Mandisa. "The only time I left was when I got tired of pizza delivery and decided to get McDonald’s."

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During that period, she felt "so miserable" and "so hopeless" that she began to consider suicide. "I am a woman of faith, and I believe that heaven is real, and when I do leave here, I’m going to be in heaven with Jesus," she said. "One of the things I started hearing during that dark period was: ‘You’re in so much pain. If you take your life, you could be in heaven right now with Jesus.'”

In 2016, Mandisa exited the house for a rare outing to see the film War Room , which featured her song "Press On." Upon exiting the movie theater, she realized "a bunch of my friends" had staged a kind intervention for her.

"When I left the movie theater, I saw my car: It had a bunch of sticky notes all over it. The notes said things like ‘We love you’ and ‘We miss you’ and ‘Come back to us,'" she recalled the following year. "They insisted that I get counseling, and that is what helped me finally start dealing with my grief. If that hadn’t happened, I probably wouldn’t be here today."

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At that point, "the darkness felt a little less dark," she wrote in her 2022 memoir Out of the Dark: My Journey Through the Shadows to Find God's Joy , chronicling the experience. "I could see a small flicker. Light was beginning to break through."

Elsewhere in the book, Mandisa praised her meaningful connections with friends. "During my life I've been drawn into friendships with all types of people — some very different from me," she wrote.

"My tribe has included men, women, single people, married people with kids, millennials, more 'seasoned' folks, and every age in between. ... You learn so much and become a richer person by surrounding yourself with people who are different from you," added the performer. "As I've walked through hard things in my life, I've sometimes been surprised by the people God has used to comfort and help me. At times I get to be there for them too. That's what it's all about."

Through treatment, she began to cope with her internalized emotions, which she told PEOPLE in 2017 "is the healthiest thing I can do, not stuff it down with a box of Krispy Kremes."

Additionally, Mandisa started working "bit by bit" to get into better physical shape. "I'm making one healthy choice after another, instead of saying, 'Oh my gosh, I can't believe I have to lose 200 lbs. again.' No, I'm losing 1 lb. at a time," she said at the time.

Managing her relationship with food wasn't easy. "That's the interesting thing about a food addiction! You can go without crack cocaine, but you have to literally face food every day," added Mandisa. "I'm just not of the mindset to say, 'I can never have these things for the rest of my life.' I just say: What choices can I make today that will help me to get where I want to go?"

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Mandisa returned to music in 2017 with an album called Out of the Dark , through which she channeled her pain. "My prayer for this is it would give people hope — people who cannot see their way out of the darkness will, through my story, maybe see themselves in it," she said of the project, "and maybe I can be that little flicker of light for them."

Eventually, she found herself in a place of reflection. "When you are walking through this, you think that you’re the only one," she said of her experience with depression. "But you are never the only person walking through something like that."

If you or someone you know needs mental health help, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.

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