You Only Live Once by Haris Orkin
Haris Orkin's "You Only Live Once" is an absolute riot. In this blog, I mentioned a recent giveaway, where Orkin generously offered the...
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Jackson Coppley
Dec 6, 20232 min
Simply Lies by David Baldacci
"Simply Lies" by David Baldacci is a psychological thriller that defies a conventional rule: Draw the reader in from the first page....
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Jackson Coppley
Nov 29, 20231 min
Project Hail Mary
"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir caters to readers who crave intricate details, akin to someone explaining the inner workings of a watch...
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Jackson Coppley
Nov 12, 20232 min
"Trust" by Hernan Diaz
"Trust" by Hernan Diaz explores wealth, power, and personal revelations in early twentieth-century Wall Street. Divided into four parts,...
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Jackson Coppley
Oct 29, 20231 min
Born from Ashes
"Born from Ashes" by L.T. Ryan and K.M. Rought is the seventh installment in the Cassie Quinn series. The book manages to hold its own as...
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Jackson Coppley
Oct 20, 20231 min
Transformed
"Transformed" by D.E. Heil is a thought-provoking novel that tackles the contentious issue of gun control with a measured approach. This...
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Jackson Coppley
Oct 10, 20232 min
The Wager
"The Wager" by David Grann is a true sea adventure that unfolds like a riveting novel. In the year 1740, Commodore George Anson embarked...
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Jackson Coppley
Jun 14, 20231 min
The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, known for his debut bestseller The Silent Patient, pens the narrative of The Maidens. Both are steeped in mystery...
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Jackson Coppley
May 17, 20231 min
A World of Curiosities
Louise Penny is known for creating suspenseful events in her sleepy Canadian village of Three Pines. It's no different in A World of...
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Jackson Coppley
Feb 27, 20221 min
Sooley
I was born in North Carolina and went to N.C. State, therefore basketball is my heritage. North Carolina has four traditional powerhouses...
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Jackson Coppley
Feb 14, 20222 min
Nightmare Alley
A few months ago, while my wife and I prepared for a signing in our local bookstore of my latest novel, we saw on a nearby rack Nightmare...
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Jackson Coppley
Dec 14, 20212 min
The Extinction Trials
A.G. Riddle’s Extinction Trials begins with a man inviting leading industrial leaders to a private meeting in which he poses an...
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Jackson Coppley
Oct 31, 20211 min
The Family Man
You can judge a book by its cover. Not so with A Family Man. As I write this, author Anna Willett may have changed the cover from the one...
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Jackson Coppley
Oct 10, 20211 min
The Madness of Crowds
The Madness of Crowds, the latest novel from Louise Penny, was my first exposure to this author’s series of Inspector Gamache mysteries,...
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Jackson Coppley
Sep 4, 20211 min
New York, the Novel
New York puts history in context. It is a family saga with roots in the earliest settlement of Manhattan Island by the Dutch, when it was...
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Jackson Coppley
Feb 25, 20211 min
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing presents nature through finely crafted prose with a murder mystery attached. It is not surprising that nature...
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Jackson Coppley
Feb 7, 20212 min
Florida by Lauren Groff
I’ve been a fan of the writing of Lauren Groff ever since I read Arcadia. She weaves words into tapestries that make this writer smile....
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Jackson Coppley
Feb 1, 20211 min
The Ocean Raiders - Writer's Digest Review
Reading The Ocean Raiders, the reader can easily picture the story as it happens, playing out like a movie – action sequences, cutting...
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Jackson Coppley
Dec 10, 20201 min
Caste - The Origins of Our Discontents
In Caste, Isabel Wilkerson takes a fresh approach to an important issue. When one hears the word ‘caste,’ they are likely to think of...
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Jackson Coppley
Nov 29, 20201 min
MasterClass
I was featured on the web site for MasterClass as one of nine authors who have benefitted from the service. Read all about it here:...
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