Category: book reviews
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The Gray Man battles high-tech threats in Greaney’s newest
Whoever controls the use of artificial intelligence for weapons will control the world. That simple premise is all you really need to know when you pick up Mark Greaney’s The Chaos Agent. The 13th entry in Greaney’s high-voltage, ripped-from-the-headlines action/espionage series poses the very real question of how AI will influence…
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From thrillers to autobiographies, there’s something for everyone
My latest reviews include several novels and a cache of audiobooks, from thrillers to autobiographies. There’s something here for just about everyone, so dive in!
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Review: The 1619 Project is vital, thought-provoking reading
One of the most thought-provoking books you could read this year, or perhaps any year for that matter, is The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (One World, 978-0593230572, $38), created and edited by Nicole Hannah-Jones. An in-depth collection of essays expanding on the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Magazine…
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Books: Campbell’s latest disappoints; Tobey thrills, Bain delivers again
In between the books I review for BookPage, Chapter 16 (Humanities of Tennessee), and Killer Nashville, I do manage to squeeze in a few other reads from time to time. Below are a few reviews for books I’ve read this year not included on those sites.
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The Last Scoop’s reporter tenacious, razor-sharp
I’d love to see Clare Carlson in the White House Briefing Room. The main character in R.G. Belsky’s new novel, The Last Scoop, she’s tenacious, razor-sharp, asks tough questions, and doesn’t back down from anyone
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Waggoner’s Mouth of the Dark a weird read
What starts as a missing person story quickly morphs into an other-dimensional romp against bizarre creatures and crazed killers. Check logic at the door and suspend your disbelief, because this shit gets crazier by the page.
Story By G. Robert Frazier 