Featured Reviews

Rebecca (1938) - Daphne du Maurier  (Grade:A)

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Pay-Off in Blood (1962) - Brett Halliday  (Grade:B)

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Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform (2004) - Derrick A. Bell, Jr  (Grade:B+)

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Christmas at Thompson Hall (1877) - Anthony Trollope  (Grade:A-)

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Hollow (short story) (1982) - Breece D'J Pancake  (Grade:B)

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A Political Philosophy of Conservatism: Prudence, Moderation and Tradition (Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition) (2021) - Ferenc Horcher  (Grade:A-)

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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017) - Timothy Snyder  (Grade:B+)

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The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1991) - Gordon S. Wood  (Grade:A)

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MOVIE REVIEWS:

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F1; The Movie (2025) - Joseph Kosinski  (Grade:A+)

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Phantom Thread (2017) - Paul Thomas Anderson  (Grade:A-)

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Brothers Judd Daily

Brothers Judd QuasiDaily Bookmarks:
01/31/26:

Norman Mailer (1923-) was born in Long Branch, NJ on January 31, 1923. Brothers Judd has reviewed several of his books.

John Lukacs (1924-) was born in Budapest, Hungary on January 31, 1924. Read Orrin's review of Five Days in London, May 1940 (1999) (John Lukacs 1924-) (Grade: B)

Zane Grey (1872-1939) was born in Zanesville, OH on January 31, 1872. Read Orrin's review of Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) (Grade: A)

John O'Hara (1905-1970) was born in PA on January 31, 1905. Read Orrin's reviews of Appointment in Samarra (1934)(Grade: A) and BUtterfield 8 (1935)(Grade: B+)

Kenzaburo Oe (1935-), the 1994 Nobel Laureate, was born in Shikoku, Japan on January 31, 1935. Read Orrin's review of A Personal Matter (1969)(Grade: A+)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) was born in Hyde Park, NY on January 30, 1882. Read Orrin's review of Freedom from Fear: The United States, 1929-1945 (1999) (David M. Kennedy)(Grade: A) & No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt(Doris Kearns Goodwin)(C+)

Richard Brautigan (1935-84) was born in Tacoma, WA on January 30, 1935. Read Orrin's review of Trout Fishing in America (1967)

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was born January 29, 1737.

Romain Rolland (1866-1945) was born in Nievre, on January 29, 1866.

Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was born in Home, PA on January 29, 1927. Read Orrin's review of The Brave Cowboy: an Old Tale in a New Time (1956)(Grade: B+)

Anton Chekov (1860-1904) was born in Taganrog, Crimea, Russia on January 29, 1860. Brothers Judd recommends He and She and Other Stories 1880-82 : The Complete Short Stories of Anton Chekhov (Vol 1) (Anton Chekhov 1860-1904) (translated by Peter Sekirin)

William McKinley (1843-1901) was born in Niles, OH on January 29, 1843.

Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle) (1873-1954) was born in Saint-Saveur-en Puisaye, Burgundy, France on January 28, 1873.

Donna (Donnabelle Mullenger) Reed (1921-86) was born in Denison, IA on January 27, 1921.

Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)(1832-1898), our Grandfather's favorite author, was born in Daresbury, ENG on January 27, 1832. Many of his works are available online, but every library should have his Collected Works.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756

Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) was born in Little Rock, AR on January 26, 1880. Brothers Judd recommends William Manchester's bio American Caesar

Paul Newman (1925-) was born in Shaker Heights, OH on January 26, 1925. Brothers Judd particularly recommends: Harper (1966), Cool Hand Luke (1967), The Sting (1973), and The Verdict (1982)

Robert Burns (1759-1796) was born in Alloway, Scotland on January 25, 1759.

W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was born on January 25, 1874. Read Orrin's reviews of Of Human Bondage (1915) (Grade: F)(#66 on the Modern Library Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century) and The Moon and Sixpence (1919) (Grade: C+)