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Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) by Kent Haruf   J.K. George's review Nov 30, 2023   My hard-cover copy of this wonderful and relatively short (at about 300 pages) novel came from a library in south Florida, where it was owned previously by a literary society. Not a new release - it was published in 1999 - the…

Ms. Biskupic, the Senior Court Reporter for the New York Times, puts an almost endless number of facts and information into this book of 333 pages, augmented by 45 pages of notes and another 21 pages of a comprehensive index. Nevertheless, it's fascinating and well worth the read. All nine justices, of course, are appointed…

This is a wonderful "coffee table book." Especially if you are one of those who grew up when the Beatles and Rolling Stones were all the rage. Of course, the Stones still are, sort of, an aging wonder personified by the ageless Mick Jagger. However as opposed to the bad-boy Stones, the Beatles were a…

Another of my amazing men's book club selections. The Wager, a non-fiction account of 257 pages, also includes copious notes, an extensive bibliography, an index, and illustrations in this 330-page book. I took eleven pages of notes in order to both follow the story and try to summarize my feelings. The cast of characters is…