Book Review #9 for 2025 is James F Calvert's Silent Running. A retired Vice Admiral, the late Jim Calvert has written one the most honest and compelling biographies I have ever read. Calvert does tell the story of life at, and under, the sea during WW2. But he also talks about the challenges, temptations, and emotions of war and it's uncertainty. #WW2, #militaryhistory #books #bookreview #bookstodon @books @thestorygraph

Book Review #8 for 2025 is Ed Offley's Turning the Tide. A well written book about the Battle For The Atlantic in WW2. Offley highlights the men and the ships, who braved the cold and the uncertainty to get supplies to Britain. Featured is the turning point in May 1943 when convoy ONS 5 engaged in a battle with over 40 U-Boats that resulted in 6 sunk and 7 damaged and the eventual removal of the boats from the North Atlantic. ☕☕☕☕ review #history #WW2 @books @bookstodon

Book Review # 7 for 2025 is John Le Carre's Smiley's People. Smiley comes out of retirement to confront his nemesis Karla. A tense novel that twists and turns. I really liked this one! #books #bookstodon #spynovel #novel #fiction @books @bookstodonmy @bookstodon ☕☕☕☕☕ review

Algorithmic Anxiety? I never dreamt that I would be learning about electronic anxiety, and to be honest, experience it! #whatiamreadingnow #books #bookstodon #culture @books @bookstodon

Book Review #6 for 2025 is Malcolm Gladwell's Revenge of the Tipping Point. I have read several of Gladwell's books over the years and have always found them interesting. This is a revisit of the themes of his first book, The Tipping Point, published in 2000. It was interesting but a bit worn in subject. A ☕☕☕ review. #nonfiction #books #bookreview #malcolmgladwell @books @bookstodonmy

Book Review #5 for 2025 is Troy Senik's A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland. A fair and readable treatment of the first US President who was the first elected to two non-consecutive terms. What strikes me, juxtaposed against the turbulence of current policy, was the move to professionalize the Civil Service
A ☕☕☕☕ review. #biography #books #bookreview #grovercleveland #potus @books @bookstodonmy

Book Review #4 for 2025 is Louise Penny's The Long Way Home. The now retired Inspector Gamache is asked to looked for an estrange husband who has not returned home at the agreed to time a year earlier. The journey to find him is not just a geographic journey but a deep journey into the human mind and soul. A ☕☕☕☕ review. #books #LouisePenny #fiction #mystery #bookreview @books @bookstodonmy

Book Review #3 for 2025 is Robert Gaudi's African Kaiser: General Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918. A very interesting read about a German General who held off an increasingly larger British and South African force across East Africa in World War 1. He surrendered only after hearing the Armistice was signed. ☕☕☕☕☕ review @histodon @history #ww1 #history #books #bookreview #history #nonfiction

Book Review #2 for 2025 is How The Light Gets In by Louise Penny. As Inspector Gamache investigates the murder of the last of famous quintuplets, he finds himself as a target by members of his own Surete du Quebec who are trying to keep him from learning of a plan of destruction designed to achieve political purposes. As the final chapters unfold the reader finds themselves waiting for the inevitable clash and deadly outcome. ☕☕☕☕☕ review @books @bookstodon #LouisePenny #bookreview #mystery

Book review #1 for 2025 is On Great Fields:The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C White. Chamberlain was a Civil War hero, Governor of Maine, College President, and professor. His leadership of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top during the battle at Gettysburg, helped to stem the Confederate advance. This was a fair treatment of his life and influence. ☕☕☕☕☕ review. @histodon @books @bookstodon #uscivilwar #history #biography #books #bookreview #nonfiction