The Review Broads Bros + Paws

Point & Shoot Author: Duane Swierczynski After reading Duane Swierczynski’s Hell and Gone, I felt tantalized, that feeling that overcomes you when you find an author that sits you down then knocks you off the chair. Tantalized, Mesmerized, Stupefied (in the worlds of John Nash, A Brilliant Mind). Point and Shoot, the last novel in a spectacular trifecta, (Fun and Games, Hell and Gone, Point and Shoot) delivers, once again, one of the audacious characters in recent crime fiction: Charlie ... continue reading...

Brutal Simplicity of Thought How It Changed the World Author: Maurice Saatchi From Boomerang Books review: “Simplicity looks easy. It's not. It's easier to complicate than simplify. This book presents stunningly simple examples of concepts that have changed the world - from the single piece of paper that became the American Declaration of Independence, giving birth to the most powerful nation in the history of the world, to the symbol and line that enables us to write music. ... continue reading...

It’s Only Temporary: The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive  Author: Evan Handler Shriek~!  Shriek~!  He’s a WHINER, a pity pot, a … well, that’s what I thought after the first chapter.  AND THEN I fell in love with Evan Handler’s 2nd memoir (his first memoir is Time on Fire). Evan Handler is an actor, journalist and screenwriter, a health care advocate, and the list goes on and on. In his early twenties, he spent 5 years fighting and winning an almost terminal form of cancer.  ... continue reading...