I’m generally a big Michael Connelly fan, with the newer series featuring Renee Ballard (sometimes partnered with Harry Bosch) probably being my favorite, but I’m also a Lincoln Lawyer/Mickey Haller fan (which I originally read with an image of Matthew McConaghey etched in my brain…now replaced by an image of Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, thanks to Netflix). …
When I get a new book from one of my favorite authors, I tend to just dive in and start reading without spending much time thinking about the series it may be part of, or whether I liked the last released title, etc. And John Sandford is definitely one of my favorite authors, BUT. I …
Recently, after Sam Bankman-Fried’s conviction on seven charges of fraud related to his role in crypto craziness, there has been a ton of publicity around Michael Lewis’s book about SBF. I’ve been generally astonished, fascinated, and horrified by the gullibility of investors, and was curious enough to be happy to receive a copy of Number …
This is the story of my six-year breakup with Nelson DeMille, an author I used to LOVE. It all started in 2017, when I read and reviewed The Cuban Affair, and wrote “Seventeen years ago, someone whose opinions on books NEVER matched mine recommended Lion’s Game by Nelson DeMille, and I LOVED it. Since then, I’ve grabbed …
Mandy Matney became well known because of her podcast Murdaugh Murders, and I have listened to her for many hours, as I became fascinated of the story of the wretched Murdaugh family of South Carolina. Briefly, the Murdaugh family ruled the legal wrangling in the Lowcountry area for generations, with one patriarch after another being …
I am a huge fan of Jeannette Walls, with The Glass Castle being one of my top five all-time favorite books. So when Jeannette says “Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways is a story of survival that left me choked up and cheering.” My reaction? “SIGN ME UP!” Brittany spent her very traumatic childhood …
Mike Lupica is an author (and former newspaper columnist), enjoyed by sports fans for many years in the New York Daily News. He is also known for his many appearances on the all-sports-all-the-time ESPN network. His latest endeavor is 12 Months To Live, a crime novel collaboration with author James Patterson. Thanks to Little, Brown. & Company …
I am fairly frequent listener to podcasts, and my two favorite categories are politics and true crime (some might say there is overlap there…) In the politics category, my absolute favorite is Pod Save America, and I am a HUGE fan of Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor, Jon Lovett, and Dan Pfeiffer, so when Dan’s latest …