Reading Time: 5 minutesBook Review: J. Edgar Hoover: The Man Who Built the FBI — and Bent America Around His Power Beverly Gage Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) Presidents, generals, and business titans often symbolize American power. Yet for nearly half a century, J. Edgar Hoover, the first FBI director, quietly outlasted them all—shaping modern America from…

Reading Time: 4 minutesBook Review: The House of Morgan: How a Family of Bankers Built, Lost, and Rebuilt Global Finance Ron Chernow Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) Most dynasties rise through bloodlines, thrones, or empires. The Morgans built theirs through capital — and in doing so, they reshaped the modern financial world. The House of Morgan by…

Reading Time: 5 minutesBook Review:  The Warburgs: The Banking Dynasty That Shaped Modern Finance — and Lived Through the Century’s Darkest Storms Ron Chernow Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) Some dynasties ruled kingdoms, but the Warburgs ruled the capital, shaping economies and societies with their financial acumen. The Warburgs ruled the capital. Chernow’s The Warburgs tells the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesBook Review: Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead (2022) follows Damon Fields — “Demon” — a boy born into poverty, addiction, and instability in Appalachia. From the start, his world is against him. Yet the story is not only hardship, but also resilience, identity, and the will…

Reading Time: 2 minutesBook Review: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind By Yuval Noah Harari Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) Sapiens is a provocative exploration of human history that defies the traditional “textbook” mold. Rather than a dry recitation of dates or the rise and fall of specific empires like the Ottomans, Harari provides a macro-history of…

Reading Time: 2 minutesReview: 1984 George Orwell Rating: ⭐ (1/5) The Review: A Manifesto of Narrated Drivel I’m not going to beat around the bush: this book sucked. It reminded me of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, though the only “saving grace” here is that Orwell spared us the 1,300-page slog, clocking in at a merciful…

Reading Time: 2 minutesReview: To Kill A MockingBird Harper Lee Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) Review: To Kill A MockingBird Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird is a profound, must-read classic. Set in a small Alabama town during the Great Depression, as the shadows of World War II began to loom, it offers a haunting look at…

Reading Time: 2 minutesBook Review: PoisonWood Bible Barbara Kingsolver Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (1998) is a haunting, unforgettable novel about a missionary family from Georgia who relocates to the Belgian Congo in 1959. Told through the alternating voices of the mother and four daughters, it unravels themes of colonialism, cultural…

Reading Time: 3 minutesReview: John Adams By David McCullough Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) Keeping with our theme of patriotism The book is long and very detailed. It is also the basis of the HBO series Adams, similar to the book and play on Hamilton. I tried to cover in this review everything the book detailed about…