Devolution

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre is by Max Brooks. A wonderfully horrifying fantasy book. Set after an eruption of Washington state's Mount Rainier, a small isolated town filled with rich people trying to live "isolated" from the world, find themselves cut off for real and being hunted by a pack of Bigfoot. Told as a "firsthand" account, it is presented as interviews and diary entries. Typical Max Brooks fare, his fans will love this. 

Ratings: 10th grade - 7 out of 10 - V (violence) - AC (mature thematic content). 

The Netanyahus

The Netanyahus is by Joshua Cohen. A hilarious historical fiction story of a very famous family. When the Netanyahu family come to stay with a Jewish professor at a small college in America, we are enthralled with the laugh out loud chaos that ensues. This is a fictionalized version of a real story - if even half of it actually happened as told, what a delightful mess. You will never be able to listen to Benjamin Netanyahu speak again, without thinking of this story. 

Ratings: 12th grade - 8 out of 10 - P (profanity) - AC (mature thematic content). 

The Rise of the Fourth Reich: Confronting COVID Fascism With a New Nuremberg Trial, So This Never Happens Again

The Rise of the Fourth Reich: Confronting COVID Fascism With a New Nuremberg Trial, So This Never Happens Again is by Steve Deace and Daniel Horowitz. A chilling nonfiction book tracing the true horrors of COVID and its aftermath. This book is presented in a trial format with opening and closing statements and the presentation of evidence by witnesses. It is meticulously footnoted and sourced. A must read for everyone, so we can truly prevent this from ever happening again. There must be consequences for these people, after a fair trial, of course. 

Ratings: Adult - 10 out of 10. 

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty is by Patrick Radden Keefe. A well written and researched nonfiction journey into the family that gave Oxycontin to the world. What a horrible bunch of people!!!

Ratings: Adult - 8 out of 10 - AC (mature thematic content). 

How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for Five Modern Crises

How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for Five Modern Crises is by Spencer Klavan. A timely and beautifully written nonfiction book. Klavan reminds us that ofttimes the answers for the present are found in the past. A Reader's Corner Highly Recommended Read. 

Ratings: 11th grade - 9 out of 10.  

Once There Were Wolves

Once There Were Wolves is by Charlotte Mcconaghy. A heartrending realistic fiction novel set in the remote Scottish highlands. Inti Flynn and her sister Aggie are damaged by the past. When Inti and her team arrive in Scotland to reintroduce wolves to the Highlands in an attempt to save the environment, Inti discovers that, to truly heal, all of the secrets of the past must come out and be faced. The wolves bring wonder and beauty to a story of human ugliness and evil. 

Ratings: 12th grade - 7 out of 10 - P (profanity) - V (violence) - AC (mature thematic content).