Most Recent Book Reviews
2024

51. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (audiobook narrated by Norbert Leo Butz)
Author: Phil Knight 
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio, April 2016
Genre: Memoir
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes (400 pages in paperback)
Rating: 9
The backstory on the unlikely rise of Nike. Profanity with scattered F bombs, lots of drinking.

52. Pay It Forward
Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, reissue March 2000
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 323
Rating: 9
"The story of how a boy who believed in the goodness of human nature set out to change the world." Profanity, talk of sex.

53. Woman with a Purple Heart
Author: Diane Hanks
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark, November 2023
Genre: WWII Historical Fiction
Pages: 348
Rating: 9
"Based on the real life of Lietenant Annie Fox, Chief Nurse of Hickam Hospital, [this] is an inspiring WWII novel of heroic leadership, courage, and friendship that also exposes a shocking and shameful side of history."

54. The Women
Author: Kristin Hannah
Publisher: St Martin's Press, February 2024
Genre: Historical Fiction/Vietnam War
Pages: 472 
Rating: 9
Wow. This was a tough read on a tough subject, but I'm glad I finished it. That said, it is very gritty and I did have to skip over some parts, so reader beware. Profanity, sex.

55. A Proper Facade
Author: Esther Hatch
Publisher: Covenant Communications, August 2024
Genre: Regency Romance
Pages: 292
Rating: 8.5
Who would say no to an upstanding Duke? I really enjoyed this satisfying end to an entertaining series.



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