The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton - Simon & Schuster 2018 - Like many of Kate Morton’s previous books, The Clockmaker’s Daughter offers readers a bit of England, romance and a touch of mystery. This one is unique in featuring a ghost as one of the main characters. Set in multiple time periods beginning in …
MICKEY 7 BY EDWARD ASHTON
MICKEY 7 BY EDWARD ASHTON - St. Martin’s Press, 2022 - Here's a breezy science fiction story with an unusual twist. It’s set well into the future when most of mankind has had to abandon Earth and branch out into the galaxy. This ‘diaspora’ hasn’t been easy. Based on data from vast distances away, planets …
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST BY JOSE SARAMAGO
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST BY JOSE SARAMAGO - Harcourt Brace 1994 - God is horrible. This is what is revealed in a dream to Mary Magdalene, a reformed sex worker who becomes Jesus’ partner/lover in this rather singular account of the life of Jesus. Move over Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; there’s a …
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MIGHTY MAKES RIGHTY!
It’s a pity that HIS HOLINESS Ronald Rump (GHIT, PREZ for life, World’s Greatest Comedian, Master of the Universe, etc.) who already KNOWS EVERYTHING somehow missed the great lesson of WWII - you can’t win a war with a bombing campaign alone: Goering told Hitler he could bomb Britain into submission and Air Command told …
THE TARIFF TANGO
No doubt you’ve all been watching the spat between ‘Murica and Kanadoodle over trade talks. It’s becoming so hot that I keep expecting to see ‘Murican helicopters swooping into the Prime Ribber’s home and whisking him off to ‘Murica where he can stand trial as a NARCO TRADE TERRORIST and, even worse, HIS FAILURE to …
SON OF NOBODY BY YANN MARTEL
SON OF NOBODY BY YANN MARTEL - Knopf, 2026 - Am I a bad father? This is the question asked by an academic, Harlow Donne, both at the beginning of the novel and again at the end. The question is central to the theme in this story about someone obsessed with work. Harlow works in …
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
A MESSAGE FROM: His Celestial Holiness, Ronald Rump: Grand High Imperial Twitterbug (GHIT), Emperor of the Americas, PREZ for LIFE, Pontiff of the Planet, World’s Greatest Comedian, Majestic Conqueror of I-Rain, Defender of the Filthy Rich, HERO of the Rooskie Federation and Wonder of the Universe: TO THE HOI-POLLOI, IN AS MUCH as the world …
THE INFINITE SADNESS OF SMALL APPLIANCES BY GLENN DIXON
THE INFINITE SADNESS OF SMALL APPLIANCES BY GLENN DIXON - Atria Books, 2026 - Not only is it fun, there’s a certain charm to this story that propels you to the end, despite a rather dystopian flavor to the plot. It is set in a future where humanity’s current inexorable march to extinction has been …
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WORLD NEWS ROUND-UP
While returning from the NATO summit in Turnkey, security agents protecting THE RUMP from his usual off-gassing and constipation, whisked HIS HOLINESS into the front entrance of AIRFARCE ONE and out the back door. He was then hidden in a food container and brought secretly to another jet. The RUMP departed on the secret jet, …
THE SPLENDOR BEFORE THE DARK BY MARGARET GEORGE
THE SPLENDOR BEFORE THE DARK BY MARGARET GEORGE - Berkeley Books, 2018 - It would take a dedicated history buff to know who Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was. On the other hand, if you asked about the Roman Emperor Nero, most people could supply, “Oh, yes - the crazy Emperor infamous for fiddling when Rome burned”. …
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