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Book Review: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Book Cover A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms reminded me why I first fell in love with Westeros. George R.R. Martin strips away the sweeping politics and dragons of Game of Thrones to give us something purer—an old-fashioned, deeply human adventure about honor, friendship, and the quiet weight of doing what’s right in a crooked world. Ser Duncan the Tall and young Egg make an unlikely but irresistible pair: one earnest and towering, the other small and sharp as a dagger, both
Raymond Niblock
Oct 261 min read


Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Cover At first, I wasn’t sure what to make of its odd, dreamlike tone or where it was going, but by the end, I found it strangely moving. Beneath the surreal imagery and mythic strangeness lies a tender story about loneliness, loyalty, and the quiet, saving power of friendship. Gaiman captures the disorienting wonder of childhood as remembered by an adult—how the small world of a child can brush up against the infinite, leaving a mark that never quite fades. I almost set it a
Raymond Niblock
Oct 261 min read


A Brilliant Feel-Good Read.
If you need a feel-good read, this is it. From beginning to end, you’ll learn about one man’s muddled middle-aged journey from a hum-drum, but simple, life, to finding his voice, his place, and a real family. Cheers. Ray Niblock
Raymond Niblock
Oct 241 min read


Book Review: "Tyranny of the Minority," by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
The title caught me because it was antithetical to the term Alexis de Tocqueville used in his book, "Democracy in America" over two...
Raymond Niblock
Feb 16, 20243 min read


History Repeats Itself: Book Review of Rachel Maddow’s “Prequel.”
I've been working on asking people who have read "The Last Independence Day: Secession" to review it, so it's only fair that I extend the...
Raymond Niblock
Jan 27, 20241 min read
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