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Book: No Talking
No Talking by Andrew Clements My rating: 5 of 5 stars Interesting social experiment. Recommended to everyone. Fun quick read. Very Well written. View all my reviews
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Book: Of Dice and Men
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It by David Ewalt My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a well written history of Dungeons and Dragons AND has some very...
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Book: Baldur’s Gate
Baldur’s Gate by Philip Athans My rating: 3 of 5 stars Just okay. Not poorly written, but uses every cliche imaginable. It has parts that are humorous and incorporates many D&D Monsters. I listened...
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Book: World War Z
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks My rating: 5 of 5 stars World War Z is an excellent book, and not at all what I expected. It’s as much a political, military and human...
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A New Year: 2015
Has it really been a whole year since I wrote here on jamesberghout.com? Time flies when you are…err… Well, never mind about that. I really love the coming of a new year and the chance it gives me to...
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The Biggest Lie
How many years has this page from this self help book (and many more like it), kept me from achieving my full potential? Friday, while searching the web for help on “sticking to one thing,” I came...
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Book: The Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice
The Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice by Trevor Corson My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book seemed to move somewhat slowly, but I really enjoyed the depth of information in the book...
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Book: Outlander
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love this book! I love the historical fiction of it. I love the sci-fi aspect. I really love the medicinal/herbal part of the story. But I could...
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Book: Dad Is Fat
Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan My rating: 4 of 5 stars Funny book, and a very fun, enjoyable read. Jim Gaffigan is a wonderfully funny comedian. And while this book is good, it’s not side splitting, like I...
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The Twists That Bind
Look what I dug up! It’s a twisted mutant of a Kaleidoscope Mix Carrot from Burpee. This year has been a gardening year, as I hope all future years of my life will be. I’ve tried my hand at square...
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Book: The War of Art
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is an short read and it’s worth every second! If you have ever wanted to...
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Book: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe My rating: 5 of 5 stars Not I by Robert Louis Stevenson Some like drink in a pint pot, Some like to think, Some not. Strong Dutch cheese, Old Kentucky Rye,...
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Book: Moby Dick
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Herman Melville My rating: 5 of 5 stars Moby Dick took me by surprise! I didn’t make the opportunity to read it in high school, since it was never assigned, and I...
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Book: The Missing Persons League
The Missing Persons League by Frank Bonham My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read this book when I was in middle school and remember enjoying it. I’m happy to find that it has aged well and is just as...
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Book: Lost in the Shadows
Lost in the Shadows by J.S. Green My rating: 5 of 5 stars Lost in the Shadows is a very fun read! The twists and turns the story took were as interesting and enjoyable as they were unforeseen. I was...
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Book: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s a masterpiece. If only I had the ability to read it in it’s original Russian, not because the translation is bad. On the contrary, it’s...
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Book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am absolutely blown away by this book! I hate to say that for the same reason that I hate to praise a great movie...
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Book: A Place on Earth
A Place on Earth by Wendell Berry My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wendell Berry has the rare gift of being able to describe a scene with the exact economy of words necessary to evoke it in the reader’s mind....
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Book: A Confession by Leo Tolstoy
A Confession by Leo Tolstoy My rating: 5 of 5 stars For years and at the height of his wealth and fame, Tolstoy deliberately struggled against taking his own life as he grappled with what he perceived...
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