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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I review Lars Svendsen's 'Stupid Idiots' at Foreword Reviews, shorturl.at/fvvo6, "a wry philosophical text treating stupidity as a persistent human condition that’s shaped by knowledge, belief, and social context." #books #bookreview #blueskybooks

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

In Stephen J. Wallace’s hilarious satirical novel 'Average Civil Employee,' @GreenleafBookGr, a reluctant man navigates institutional absurdities. Read my new review at Foreword Reviews: shorturl.at/Q3fKl #books #bookreview #blueskybooks

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Reviewing Apple TV+ 'Widow's Bay': 'The Fog Rolls In, and It’s Wonderful' @ shorturl.at/UtGMJ

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

"Lori A. Ringhand’s illuminating civic history text 'We the Voters' combines constitutional analyses with accessible examinations of American democracy..." Read my review of this assured account of how to reform US democratic systems @ Foreword Reviews: shorturl.at/A9JAg . #bookreview #books

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

@waltermarsh.bsky.social true crime caper 'The Butterfly Thief' pieces together several mid-century museum thefts that shook Australia’s leading natural history institutions... My review is available at Foreword Reviews: shorturl.at/SHhnh.

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

My interview with @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social about his excellent new book, “Black History Is for Everyone,” is available at Foreword Reviews shorturl.at/Fj15E. #BlackHistoy #BlackHistoryMonth

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

My new interview with Arie Kaplan, @ariekaplan.bsky.social, about his book, Encyclopedia of Curious Rituals and Superstitions, is available at Foreword Reviews: shorturl.at/IORaG. #BookRecommendation #indieauthor #booksky

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

"Citizen One, Douglas Stuart McDaniel’s (@urbannext_net) ambitious memoir–cum–social science survey, reckons with power, planning, and the precarity of future cities." My new review is available at Foreword Reviews shorturl.at/QVPEb. #books #bookreview #booksky

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

My new review of Bob Joseph's '21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government', available at Foreword Reviews, shorturl.at/8uroU, "...addresses the affairs of Indigenous Canadians with clarity and a quiet sense of injustice." #BookRecommendation #indieauthor #books #bookreview #booksky

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

It was a real pleasure to interview Be Steadwell for Foreword Reviews recently. Check out what she has to say about her recent novel and its themes of sexuality, queerness, and Black sisterhood: shorturl.at/rVazD. #LGBTIQ #BookSky #LGBTQBookSky #SapphicBookSky

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The Encyclopedia of Curious Rituals and Superstitions by @ariekaplan.bsky.social reviewed at Foreword Reviews, a "jargon-free volume of global folklore [that] blends anthropology, pop culture, and a pinch of irreverence." shorturl.at/QfDpo #BookRecommendation #indieauthor #books #bookreview #booksky

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The Saundra Gray Affair by Daniel Yager reviewed at Foreword Reviews, "...is a political thriller about the personal costs of leading a public life..." shorturl.at/jFj1y. #BookRecommendation #thrillerbooks #bookrelease #indieauthor #books #BooksWorthReading #bookreview #authorsky #booksky

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I'm super pleased to announce the inclusion of my [in-progress] novel's opening pages in Black Spring Press Group's @EyewearBooks 'CrimeBits 2: 100 Opening Gambits for Great Thrillers & Linked Mystery Puzzles', Selected and Introduced by Val McDermid. #writer #author #CrimeBits

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

"Informative and uplifting, the self-help guidebook Taking the Stairs & Liking It models empathetic, values-based self-improvement..." - Review of Lauren Speeth's 'Taking the Stairs & Liking It' available at Foreword Reviews. forewordreviews.com/reviews/taki... #books

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

"@besteadwell.bsky.social's novel Chocolate Chip City is... a hymn to Black love, Black queerness, and Black spirit that pulses with the joy of existence..." My new review, available at Foreword Reviews: shorturl.at/ssOpd #LGBTIQ #booksky

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

"American investor Michael Calvey's revelatory memoir, 'Odyssey Moscow,' transforms a harrowing personal ordeal into a story about injustice, resilience, and contested power in modern Russia..." - My new review available at Foreword Reviews: shorturl.at/iZYwt #books

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pine breaks (uncapitalized) @pinebreaks.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

My new review of Gail Straub's 'Home Inside the Globe' available at Foreword Reviews (rb.gy/lrsbhd): "...a thoughtful and inviting travel memoir about moving across the world with curiosity and humility in search of self-understanding." #booksky #books #bookreview #Reviews

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