Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre 3.5 Stars “There are moments that are made up of too much stuff for them to be lived at the time they occur” George Smiley was once a top spy at British Intelligence Headquarters (aka The Circus) but has now...

I love a challenge and I love books so it goes without saying that a reading challenge is one of my favorite activities. There are a wide variety of types and styles for reading challenges and even ones geared for kids on summer break, teens, and of course...

The Birthday Best Seller Book Challenge is a reading challenge of #1 New York Times Fiction Best Sellers that spans decades. My birthday is August 8 and this year I will be 49. As the midpoint of my life looms ahead I find myself reflecting on where I...

A complete fever dream of a novel. The story of one of the last Gunslingers in a “ world that has moved on”. The Gunslinger, and the Dark Tower series, is not your typical Stephen King offering and I struggle to even try and summarize the story of the...