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Book Review: Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 17, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

In Disappearing Earth, author Julia Phillips transports the missing girl trope to a unique location. On the Kamchatka Peninsula in Eastern Russia, life is hard. It combines both modern conveniences like cell phones, and long-established behaviors like misogyny. So...

Book Review: Blowout by Rachel Maddow

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 12, 2019 | RESIST: Politics

When I finished Blowout by Rachel Maddow, I had to wash all the residual oil slick off my skin. The book is just that immersive in the oil industry. Not to mention a different kind of Kremlin-based, Putin-esque oiliness. Wow, this book contains nothing less than a...

Book Review: Proof of Collusion by Seth Abramson

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jul 12, 2019 | RESIST: Politics

I confess. It wasn’t easy to read this Seth Abramson book. I spent a lot of it feeling down, depressed, and angry. But what we need is clarity, and Proof of Collusion: How Trump Betrayed America is absolutely crystal clear.It explains exactly how Trump has been...

Book Review: Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump by Michael Isikoff and David Corn

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 4, 2018 | RESIST: Politics

Veteran reporters David Corn and Michael Isikoff present solid, meticulous reporting in Russian Roulette. They tell the story of Donald Trump’s myriad connections to Russia, both before and during the 2016 election cycle. They integrate this into the Russian...

Book Review: A Very Expensive Poison by Luke Harding

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jul 30, 2018 | RESIST: Politics

Luke Harding takes us back to London of 2006 with his fascinating review of the death of Alexander Litvinenko via A Very Expensive Poison. The book covers about ten years of not just murder investigation but Russian internal and international politics. Harding’s bona...

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