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The Best Books I Read in 2021

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Ken Dowell

Starting with Where the Crawdads Sing Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Book reviews, books, Boom Town, How Beautiful We Were, novels, Shuggie Bain, The Falcon Thief, Where the Crawdads Sing | 7 Comments

Hear a Book, See a Country

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Review of Cry, the Beloved Country on Audible Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Alan Paton, Audible, book review, books, Cry the Beloved Country, historical fiction, novel, novels, South Africa | 5 Comments

The Six Best Books I Read in 2019

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Ken Dowell

Stories of Prohibition, the Syrian civil war and growing up in 1960’s Brooklyn. Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Book reviews, books, fiction, literature, non-fiction, novels | 11 Comments

Car Trouble and Other Family Problems

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Ken Dowell

Robert Rorke’s novel set in a working class Irish neighborhood in Brooklyn in the 1960’s Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged 1960's, book review, books, Brooklyn, cars, fiction, novels, vintage cars | 5 Comments

Oil, Water and Intrigue: A Book Review

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Ken Dowell

Oil and Water, by P.J. Lazos Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews | Tagged authors, Book reviews, books, environment, novels, oil | 5 Comments
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