by envisionmg | Apr 11, 2016 | Fantasy, Jim Reviews
Brodsky’s Immortals is the first book in her Olympus Bound series, a fantasy of Greek gods and goddesses in present day New York City. It’s a great concept. As people gradually stopped believing in the gods of Olympus they started to weaken. Finally,...
by envisionmg | Mar 24, 2016 | Fiction, Jim Reviews
Trinity Six is a modern spy novel that hangs on the search for the fabled Sixth Man. In the 1930s, the NKVD (the predecessor to the KGB) recruited five spies at Trinity College, Cambridge. Now known as the Cambridge Five, these individuals– Kim Philby, Donald...
by envisionmg | Mar 10, 2016 | History, Jim Reviews
The History Book Group will be discussing Basilica by R. A. Scotti on March 16 at 7:00. Join us every third Wednesday of the month for great history discussions. Scotti’s Basilica is the story of a brilliant piece of architecture and the trials and tribulations...
by envisionmg | Feb 17, 2016 | History, Jim Reviews
If you have seen any of the flyers, you know the library has a new History Book Group that meets every third Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm. Massie’s Catherine the Great is this month’s book (which we will be discussing this evening; all are welcome)....
by envisionmg | Jan 26, 2016 | Fiction, Jim Reviews
Vincent “The Wolf” Marelli is the head of an international crime syndicate. He has it all, but in a flash loses the most important thing in his life. This is a tragedy for him, but it is also a tragedy for the people who did it since he is now coming for them. The...
by envisionmg | Jan 13, 2016 | Historical Fiction, Jim Reviews
Those who have read Downing’s Jack of Spies (check out a review of that one here) will be happy to hear that the next book in the series One Man’s Flag is just as good. It is now 1915, and as Europe goes up in flames in the second year of World War I, Jack...