Tom’s Book Nook
Welcome to Tom’s Book Nook. for several years I have been and reviewing sports books only. Now it is time to delve into other genres and this is the place for those books with a short synopsis of them. Please keep coming back for those as I add them as I read them. Enjoy!!
Book Review: “Cue the Sun!” by Emily Nussbaum Pages: 464 Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Emily Nussbaum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic, brings her incisive analytical skills to *Cue the Sun!*, a comprehensive exploration of reality television’s evolution and cultural impact. Known for her previous book, *I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution*,…
For readers who are open to Christian perspectives and enjoy personal stories of faith in action, Shaken is a meaningful and uplifting read. while it may not offer groundbreaking theology, its simple, heartfelt message is impactful.
Jonathan Haidt’s *The Anxious Generation* is an insightful and data-driven exploration of the surge in mental health issues among today’s youth. The book, which spans 400 pages, delves deeply into the factors that have reshaped modern childhood—particularly, the pervasive use of smartphones and social media. Published in 2024, Haidt examines how these technologies have…
The award-winning author Linda Barnes, rekindles her 61 redheaded female private eye, Carlotta Carlyle, in a rivetingly well-told story. Her old friend, Lieutenant Mooney of the Boston police, is under investigation for excessive brutality and Carlyle is trying to track down the lone witness who can clear his name, a blonde hooker with a…
Book Review: By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult Jodi Picoult’s By Any Other Name is a thought-provoking novella that delves into complex themes of identity, love, and forgiveness. Known for her deep explorations of moral and ethical dilemmas, Picoult doesn’t stray far from her usual style in this short but powerful work. Set in…
Bedlam ensues and Verity isn’t as incapacitated as everyone is led to believe. She hears everything that is going on in the house and secretly gets herself out of bed. What happens next is maddening and somewhat disturbing.
This book by Diane Ackerman begins in Poland in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s in the city of Warsaw. Jan Zabinski and his wife Anotonina, own their a zoo. It is a privately owned by successful on near the outskirts of town. Antonina was the glue that held the zoo together. She had a…
She forgot that only one person knew she bought a plane ticket and she could go unnoticed until school started
Sidney Ryan was a documentarian that had a career that appeared to be going nowhere…. until, she did three small ones about convicts that were in jail and were victims of shoddy poiice work. She didn’t come out and say they were guilty but put it into he minds of the viewers. All three cases…
This is an excellent 5-star book. I am NOT going to give away the last 25% of this noel. It is something everyone that reads it needs to check out. Identity is a book about trust, friendships and heartache. The main character is Morgan and she grew up as an army rat that moved around…