Collected Miscellany

Is Project Hail Mary a “wish fulfillment of a childish sci-fi fantasy” or a must read “science-fiction masterpiece?” collectedmiscellany.com/2023/06/27/boo…

You think of yourself as healthy and are making plans for the future when suddenly you’re told you have a life threatening illness. Now what?collectedmiscellany.com/2023/06/22/boo…

In this day and age, with the meaning of duty, tradition and loyalty increasingly open to interpretation, how do you make sure your spies do what they’re told? And what do you do when they don’t? collectedmiscellany.com/2023/06/20/boo…

Fan of literary and intelligent espionage fiction? You should be reading James Wolf collectedmiscellany.com/2023/06/20/boo…

Is Mr. Breakfast, the latest novel from Jonathan Carroll, another masterpiece or only for his most avid fans? collectedmiscellany.com/2023/06/19/boo…

If I was a competent blogger/reviewer I would offer more, but I’m not so you get this… Still, two books worth engaging with today collectedmiscellany.com/2023/06/19/boo…

Friends, enemies, and our redemptive instinct collectedmiscellany.com/2023/05/17/fri…

Could you go off grid for 30 days to win $3 million dollars. What if the most sophisticated technology company in the world joined forces with the US government to find you? collectedmiscellany.com/2023/04/13/goi…

A wise, bighearted, and hilarious look at one teenager’s life? Or a pretentious, self-conscious coming of age story? collectedmiscellany.com/2023/01/21/a-w…

Perhaps ""Scandi Noir" is not for me? Or is there a moral element that is getting under my skin? collectedmiscellany.com/2023/01/17/you…

Six books started in 2022 but not finished. And that does not include books I might have read half a dozen pages and decided not to read. What gives? collectedmiscellany.com/2023/01/16/202…

It is sort of Swiss crime noir, I guess. Quirky, grumpy, often troublemaking, but also often very insightful police detective seeks to solve seemingly unsolvable crime while under pressure from authorities and his girlfriend collectedmiscellany.com/2023/01/14/the…

We Know You Remember by Tove Alsterdal collectedmiscellany.com/review/we-know…

The odd thing about The Last White Man is that it is better at exploring family dynamics and relationships than saying anything about race or skin color... collectedmiscellany.com/review/book-re…

How to Navigate Life by Belle Liang, Timothy Klein collectedmiscellany.com/2022/09/09/how…

History, Eschatology and Hermeneutics: the Church in a Post-Christendom World collectedmiscellany.com/2022/07/23/his…

If There Are Any Heavens: A Memoir by Nicholas Montemarano collectedmiscellany.com/2022/07/19/if-…

The Finalists by David Bell collectedmiscellany.com/2022/07/05/the…

Unlike Anything that Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862 by Dwight Sturtevant Hughes collectedmiscellany.com/2022/05/15/unl…

The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac by Adolfo Ovies collectedmiscellany.com/2022/04/20/the…