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Tim liked Summer's review of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
"Tomorrow x3 tells the story of childhood friends Sam Masur and Sadie Green. On a cold day in December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and spots Sadie Green. He calls her name and for a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. Together they create a blockbuster game that launches them into fame overnight. This story examines the complex nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.

I had very high expectations going into this one since it’s been getting a lot of buzz and receiving rave reviews. So I am here to say that this one not only lives up to all the hype but it deserves the praise that it’s getting! I typically don’t read stories like this one but something about it piqued my interest. It’s not a fast-paced plotted story but instead more of a character study. I loved following Sam and Sadie evolve as characters and essentially grow up together. As a fellow gen-xer reading about the two growing up in the �90s made me very nostalgic.

There is a lot of video game talk in this one. I’m not a big video game person but I’m familiar with the older Nintendo games of the late 80s and 90s. Although my kids do keep me up to date with the latest games, I worried a bit that since it’s about creating a video game I wouldn’t understand the tech lingo but I didn’t have this issue whatsoever.

Overall I found this dazzling story to be compelling and captivating. Gabrielle Zevin is a very talented storyteller and she has crafted both a beautiful, heartbreaking, and unforgettable story. Sadie, Sam, and Marx will stay on my mind long after reading this one. I couldn’t find anything that I didn’t love about Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow! As far as to whom I recommend it, I don’t think this story will be for everyone. This is a very dense book with over 400 pages. However, If you don’t mind a long story that’s a bit slower paced then I would highly recommend it. I do think a lot of people like myself will fall deeply in love with the characters and their story.

I listened to the audiobook version of this book which was narrated by Jennifer Kim and Julian Cihi(both did an amazing job). Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was published on July 5, 2022, so it is available now! A massive thanks to Libro FM, Penguin Random House Audio, and Aaknopf for the gifted copy!
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Tim liked Summer's review of Demon Copperhead:
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
"Demon Copperhead is a modern day version of David Copperfield but instead of being set in Suffolk, it is set in the mountains of Southern Appalachia. We are introduced to Damon, who is soon known as Demon, who reflects on his life and misadventures. We follow Demon who is born in poverty to a teenage drug addicted mother, to growing up and dealing with an abusive stepfather, to living as a various foster homes as an orphan, and so much more.

It’s been over 20 years since I read David Copperfield but the story all came back as I read Barbara Kingsolver’s newest work. The similar situations that Demon finds himself in compared to Dickens original, is nothing short of brilliant. I’m not sure that any author aside from the great Kingsolver could even remotely attempt to pull this off and succeed. But with all of that being said, you do not have to have read David Copperfield to enjoy Demon Copperhead but readers who have, will appreciate this retelling a but more.

The story is told in a tone of lighthearted liveliness. At times I found myself laughing out loud uncontrollably and at other times I braced myself for tears. Demon is such a lovely character and I cared so deeply for him. Demon had such a difficult life and overcame so much and even though he was always a realist, he still kept a positive attitude. I had so much love for not only Demon but so many of the sun characters especially Angus and Aunt June. The story wrapped up perfectly with a delightful and satisfying ending.

Demon Copperhead addresses several social issues in particular addiction. Kingsolver devolves into how big pharma mislead doctors into prescribing OxyContin to patients telling them that the drug is not addictive which as we all now know resulted in damaging so many lives and resulting in the opioid epidemic. Another issue that is addressed is how corporate America took advantage of the poor people in Appalachia through coal. These companies left the people of Appalachia with little choice but to become coal miners then putting them in dangerous and life threatening jobs with little pay and ultimately leaving the Appalachian people in poverty and without any education or job opportunities.

I listened to the audiobook version of Demon Copperhead and it was read by Charlie Thurston. Thurston brought so much life into Kingsolver’s tale and did an excellent job narrating. Many thanks to Libro Fm, and Harper Audio for the gifted copy!

*Note:
As a Kentuckian, the Appalachian people depicted in Demon Copperhead is very inaccurate and stereotypical. Kingsolver who is also a fellow Kentuckian used these ‘hillbilly� stereotypes purely for entertainment reasons. I have yet to meet an Appalachian who resembles anything like the characters depicted in this book.
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Tim liked Summer's review of In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1):
In the Woods by Tana French
"I decided to re-read this book since it's been 12 years since I read it for the first time. In The Woods still is the perfect police procedural murder mystery book. "
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Tim liked Summer's review of The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music:
The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
"One of the best nonfiction books that I’ve read in years!

In The Storyteller, we follow Dave as he grew up in Virginia playing in his first band Scream, and onto drumming for Nirvana. Dave gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at what it was like sharing an apartment with the late great Kurt Cobain and Kurt’s turtle. The book was written before Taylor Adam's sudden and shocking death so following Dave and Taylor’s friendship in Storyteller was incredible. Through it all, Dave stays extremely humble and never strayed from his true self.

I've always been a big Nirvana and Foo Fighters fan so this will be one of those books that will stay with me for a long time after finishing it. I loved living vicariously through Dave as he not only let but played music with some of the best rock legends ever, Joan Jett, Tom Petty, and Little Richard. I listened to the audiobook version of this one and it is narrated by Dave himself! My husband has a physical copy of this one so I plan on rereading it in the future.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who was a music fan in the 80s and 90s or if you love those two decades of music. Although I do believe that gen-xer’s like myself will appreciate Dave’s stories even more.

Also if you do decide to read this one, look up the youtube video titled Fresh Pots by Dave Grohl. Not only is it hilarious but It also ties into a certain part of the book.
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]]> Review7191736262 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:55:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Tim added 'The Most Hated Man in America - Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment']]> /review/show/7191736262 The Most Hated Man in America - Jerry Sandusky and the Rush t... by Mark Pendergrast Tim gave 4 stars to The Most Hated Man in America - Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment (Paperback) by Mark Pendergrast
I read this book after I listened to the podcast “With the Benefit of Hindsight� by John Ziegler (with Liz Habib). It was the podcast that really got me interested in the subject, then I read Pendergrast's book to confirm Ziegler's assertions.

Both Ziegler and Pendergrast make a detailed and convincing argument that Jerry Sandusky is innocent.

You might be thinking, that’s crazy. He was convicted on 45 counts of child sexual abuse and will spend the rest of his life in prison. There are so many different accusers � 8 that testified at the criminal trial and 32 that would eventually receive a payment from Penn State. He was supposedly caught in the act at a shower at a Penn State facility. No one really thinks he is innocent, right?

That was my reaction going into it. But I’m convinced that it’s likely he’s innocent. It’s possible I’m missing something. I’d like to see someone who disagrees with this take seriously the evidence and arguments that Ziegler and Pendergrast have brought forth. But I haven’t seen anyone do that.

General Comments on the Book and Podcast

Ziegler and Pendergrast did their work independently. They don’t even really like each other.

Ziegler is bombastic and argumentative. He’s also very entertaining. The podcast is addictive. The format is that Liz and John talk through the case, often getting very worked up and emotional.

Pendergrast is calmer, more laser-focused on the evidence, and less quick to make sweeping judgments about other people’s competence and honesty. But he is still very blunt about the lack of evidence, the incompetence of Sandusky’s attorney, and the “travesty� (his word) of justice that was his trial.

Ziegler’s interest in the case originated from an instinct that this was a moral panic and a rush to judgment, though his focus was originally limited to how he felt Joe Paterno was unfairly “cancelled�. Only later in his investigations did he conclude that Sandusky himself was innocent.

Pendergrast’s interest in the case originated from him learning that repressed memories were being used. Pendergrast has done a lot of research and written a book about how repressed memories are discredited.

If you have limited time, I’d recommend starting with the podcast, because it is way more entertaining. But the book is very good too. The book and the podcast made basically the same arguments. There are more hours on the podcast, so Ziegler gets into more detail (and more emotional rants, which I enjoyed but YMMV). I will say the podcast grew a little tiresome by the end. There is one episode that is literally five and a half hours long of Ziegler complaining about the media. I didn’t make it through the whole podcast, but everything up until this “media� episode (Episode 13) was excellent.

The Argument

My memory is fuzzy on what exactly Ziegler vs Pendergrast brought up, so I won’t try to distinguish. In general, they made the same arguments so there is a good chance both of them brought up the arguments I’ll mention below.

The first question might be “what about all those accusers�? Well, at first there was one accuser, Aaron Fisher. No one else came forward claiming sexual abuse before it was known there was a case (and the possibility of a payout). So it would be incorrect to think of these different accusations as being independent from each other.

There are many things about the various accusers� stories that make them lack credibility. None of them confided to any friends or family about any molestation (or even any “creepy behavior�) at the times they allege it happened. None of them have any physical evidence � like knowledge of Sandusky’s genitalia (which did have a distinctive feature) or incriminating texts, emails, letters, or phone messages. Their stories are often wildly inconsistent over time � changing in ways that would make a big payout more likely (like by increasing the severity of what happened or changing the date of an incident to be years later). Some of the stories just seem ludicrous � like Sandusky plying the kids with alcohol (Sandusky was a lifelong abstainer of alcohol), or one accuser’s story of being trapped like a dog in the Sandusky's basement for days at a time, while he screamed away to no avail (he also claims Sandusky's wife was an accomplice in this torture). Interviews Ziegler did with friends and family of some of the accusers show that they have a history of deceit and criminal behavior. Some of these friends and family heard the accusers brag about how much money they were going to get.

The accusers would often maintain close relationships with Sandusky and his family years after the alleged abuse � not just being cordial with each other but very warm relations where the accuser treated Sandusky like a father.

When Sandusky’s home was searched, there was no evidence of child pornography. This is very unusual in these cases. There is also no evidence of Sandusky ever having any sexual relationship with anyone besides his wife. Sandusky was also diagnosed with having very low testosterone, which would make it impossible to have sexual acts at the frequency he was accused of. Not to mention that while he was coaching, he was extraordinarily busy, but for all the accusations to be true, being a sexual molester would practically have to have been his full-time job.

What about the notable incident where coach Mike McQueary claims he saw Sandusky in a sexual act with a boy? Ziegler and Pendergrast go through the statements and their conclusion is this:

McQueary didn’t see a sexual act. He saw Sandusky and a teenager in the shower (through a mirror) engaged in some sort of horseplay (Sandusky, and the teenager, would later explain that they were snapping towels and pretend boxing with each other). He thought it was weird. Later, he explained what he saw to his father and a family friend. The family friend testified that McQueary made it crystal clear that he did not see a sexual act (the family friend asked him repeatedly to confirm). His father and the family friend encouraged him to tell Coach Paterno. McQueary, 6 weeks later, eventually does mention something to Paterno, in a very quick conversation. Paterno, thinking it involves some sort of horseplay that might be inappropriate, reports the incident to the athletic director (Tim Curley) and the Vice President (Gary Schultz). Curley and Schultz talk to McQueary. In both Curley’s and Shultz’s recollection of their discussions with McQueary, McQueary does not claim there was a anything of a sexual nature going on, but rather “horsing around�. When Curley talks to Sandusky, Sandusky explains there was some horsing around but nothing else. Sandusky also tells Curley the name of the teenager and offers his contact information, if they want to confirm his story. Curley decides not to contact the boy. Instead, Curley and Schultz close the incident by telling Sandusky he can’t bring boys onto the main campus anymore (but they do continue to allow him to bring boys to their satellite campus).

McQueary would later change his story, claiming he heard noises and saw actions that were likely sexual. It should be noted that (1) this change in story came after attempts by prosecutors to pressure him into saying something more about the incident, letting him know that there were other “victims� and he would really be helping out if he could remember something different, (2) McQueary’s final version of the story helped him win a huge lawsuit from Penn State for being the victim in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit of $12M, and (3) Ziegler brings up some things about McQueary that cast doubt on his character.

The teenager, Allan Myers, when originally questioned, would clearly state that Sandusky never abused him, and in fact said something to the effect of “I’ll never say anything bad about Jerry Sandusky�. He confirmed Sandusky's account that what happened in the shower was just mild horseplay. Myers also wrote letters to newspapers, in his own name, supporting Sandusky against the accusations and praising him for his help and support. When Myers got married, he asked Sandusky to stand in at the ceremony for his Dad. Later, when other accusers came forward, he changed his story, turning himself into a victim, which resulted in him getting a multi-million dollar settlement from Penn State.

Why Did this Happen to Sandusky?

You still might be wondering, where there is smoke there is fire right? Or is Sandusky just the most unlucky person in America to have all these false accusations hurled at him?

Ziegler offers a good explanation for why it isn’t surprising that Sandusky would eventually face accusations: Over the course of decades, Sandusky worked with hundreds, maybe thousands, of “at-risk� youth � kids who came from some of the worst backgrounds you could imagine. From families and communities where criminal behavior was common. From a culture where resentment against the system was common.

Combine that with how he was kind of touchy-feely and very trusting, willing to have these kids in their homes and for sleepovers. This created opportunities where a hug or a locker room shower could, years later, be re-imagined, sometimes with the help of repressed memory therapy, as something worse. Especially when there are financial incentives involved. And even more especially when aggressive prosecutors and lawyers are continually pushing them with leading questions, encouraging them to tell the stories they desperately want to hear.

I don’t think it is surprising that of the hundreds and hundreds of kids Sandusky worked with, there were some that would be responsive to the financial incentive of making an accusation, particularly after the first accusation, when there is a known case that they could piggy-back onto.

Unfortunately, I don’t have time to discuss the incredible, frustrating, and unbelievable incompetence of Sandusky’s defense attorney. Or some of the questionable decisions made by the judge during the trial. Or the particular ridiculousness of one of the accusations: the “janitor� story. I hope you’ll read the book or listen to the podcast and share your thoughts. ]]> Review7269802317 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:42:05 -0700 <![CDATA[Tim added 'Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World']]> /review/show/7269802317 Deep Work by Cal Newport Tim gave 5 stars to Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Hardcover) by Cal Newport
I thought this was excellent. I waited to read this because I thought the findings would be stuff I already agreed with and I wouldn't get much out of the book. Of course you should minimize distractions and improve your focus. But the book had some good practical suggestions for how to do it.

The suggestion I followed was to experiment with eliminating Social Media for 30 days. I did this for everything: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. I even removed some of the games I had on my phone I would use to distract myself with when bored. I think it was a good experiment - Twitter especially was a sinkhole of my time. I never posted anything on Twitter but I was sort of addicted to finding out the hot takes on some of the latest news events. But it wasn't doing anything constructive for me. The only one I've added back since the experiment is Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.

Relatedly, I like the suggestion that it's OK to be bored sometimes. It's OK to just wait in a line and not do anything. In fact, if you can train yourself to do this it can have some benefits in improving your ability to focus for longer periods of time. ]]> Comment288989373 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:41:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Tim commented on EstelleLiterature's review of Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster]]> /review/show/6915076399 EstelleLiterature's review of Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer

Good questions :) ]]> Comment286799680 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:52:57 -0800 <![CDATA[Tim commented on Tim's review of The Most Hated Man in America - Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment]]> /review/show/7191736262 Tim's review of The Most Hated Man in America - Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment
by Mark Pendergrast

Thank you. I'm hoping more people read it, or listen to Ziegler's podcast, even if they disagree. ]]> Review7191736262 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 09:59:59 -0800 <![CDATA[Tim added 'The Most Hated Man in America - Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment']]> /review/show/7191736262 The Most Hated Man in America - Jerry Sandusky and the Rush t... by Mark Pendergrast Tim gave 4 stars to The Most Hated Man in America - Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment (Paperback) by Mark Pendergrast
I read this book after I listened to the podcast “With the Benefit of Hindsight� by John Ziegler (with Liz Habib). It was the podcast that really got me interested in the subject, then I read Pendergrast's book to confirm Ziegler's assertions.

Both Ziegler and Pendergrast make a detailed and convincing argument that Jerry Sandusky is innocent.

You might be thinking, that’s crazy. He was convicted on 45 counts of child sexual abuse and will spend the rest of his life in prison. There are so many different accusers � 8 that testified at the criminal trial and 32 that would eventually receive a payment from Penn State. He was supposedly caught in the act at a shower at a Penn State facility. No one really thinks he is innocent, right?

That was my reaction going into it. But I’m convinced that it’s likely he’s innocent. It’s possible I’m missing something. I’d like to see someone who disagrees with this take seriously the evidence and arguments that Ziegler and Pendergrast have brought forth. But I haven’t seen anyone do that.

General Comments on the Book and Podcast

Ziegler and Pendergrast did their work independently. They don’t even really like each other.

Ziegler is bombastic and argumentative. He’s also very entertaining. The podcast is addictive. The format is that Liz and John talk through the case, often getting very worked up and emotional.

Pendergrast is calmer, more laser-focused on the evidence, and less quick to make sweeping judgments about other people’s competence and honesty. But he is still very blunt about the lack of evidence, the incompetence of Sandusky’s attorney, and the “travesty� (his word) of justice that was his trial.

Ziegler’s interest in the case originated from an instinct that this was a moral panic and a rush to judgment, though his focus was originally limited to how he felt Joe Paterno was unfairly “cancelled�. Only later in his investigations did he conclude that Sandusky himself was innocent.

Pendergrast’s interest in the case originated from him learning that repressed memories were being used. Pendergrast has done a lot of research and written a book about how repressed memories are discredited.

If you have limited time, I’d recommend starting with the podcast, because it is way more entertaining. But the book is very good too. The book and the podcast made basically the same arguments. There are more hours on the podcast, so Ziegler gets into more detail (and more emotional rants, which I enjoyed but YMMV). I will say the podcast grew a little tiresome by the end. There is one episode that is literally five and a half hours long of Ziegler complaining about the media. I didn’t make it through the whole podcast, but everything up until this “media� episode (Episode 13) was excellent.

The Argument

My memory is fuzzy on what exactly Ziegler vs Pendergrast brought up, so I won’t try to distinguish. In general, they made the same arguments so there is a good chance both of them brought up the arguments I’ll mention below.

The first question might be “what about all those accusers�? Well, at first there was one accuser, Aaron Fisher. No one else came forward claiming sexual abuse before it was known there was a case (and the possibility of a payout). So it would be incorrect to think of these different accusations as being independent from each other.

There are many things about the various accusers� stories that make them lack credibility. None of them confided to any friends or family about any molestation (or even any “creepy behavior�) at the times they allege it happened. None of them have any physical evidence � like knowledge of Sandusky’s genitalia (which did have a distinctive feature) or incriminating texts, emails, letters, or phone messages. Their stories are often wildly inconsistent over time � changing in ways that would make a big payout more likely (like by increasing the severity of what happened or changing the date of an incident to be years later). Some of the stories just seem ludicrous � like Sandusky plying the kids with alcohol (Sandusky was a lifelong abstainer of alcohol), or one accuser’s story of being trapped like a dog in the Sandusky's basement for days at a time, while he screamed away to no avail (he also claims Sandusky's wife was an accomplice in this torture). Interviews Ziegler did with friends and family of some of the accusers show that they have a history of deceit and criminal behavior. Some of these friends and family heard the accusers brag about how much money they were going to get.

The accusers would often maintain close relationships with Sandusky and his family years after the alleged abuse � not just being cordial with each other but very warm relations where the accuser treated Sandusky like a father.

When Sandusky’s home was searched, there was no evidence of child pornography. This is very unusual in these cases. There is also no evidence of Sandusky ever having any sexual relationship with anyone besides his wife. Sandusky was also diagnosed with having very low testosterone, which would make it impossible to have sexual acts at the frequency he was accused of. Not to mention that while he was coaching, he was extraordinarily busy, but for all the accusations to be true, being a sexual molester would practically have to have been his full-time job.

What about the notable incident where coach Mike McQueary claims he saw Sandusky in a sexual act with a boy? Ziegler and Pendergrast go through the statements and their conclusion is this:

McQueary didn’t see a sexual act. He saw Sandusky and a teenager in the shower (through a mirror) engaged in some sort of horseplay (Sandusky, and the teenager, would later explain that they were snapping towels and pretend boxing with each other). He thought it was weird. Later, he explained what he saw to his father and a family friend. The family friend testified that McQueary made it crystal clear that he did not see a sexual act (the family friend asked him repeatedly to confirm). His father and the family friend encouraged him to tell Coach Paterno. McQueary, 6 weeks later, eventually does mention something to Paterno, in a very quick conversation. Paterno, thinking it involves some sort of horseplay that might be inappropriate, reports the incident to the athletic director (Tim Curley) and the Vice President (Gary Schultz). Curley and Schultz talk to McQueary. In both Curley’s and Shultz’s recollection of their discussions with McQueary, McQueary does not claim there was a anything of a sexual nature going on, but rather “horsing around�. When Curley talks to Sandusky, Sandusky explains there was some horsing around but nothing else. Sandusky also tells Curley the name of the teenager and offers his contact information, if they want to confirm his story. Curley decides not to contact the boy. Instead, Curley and Schultz close the incident by telling Sandusky he can’t bring boys onto the main campus anymore (but they do continue to allow him to bring boys to their satellite campus).

McQueary would later change his story, claiming he heard noises and saw actions that were likely sexual. It should be noted that (1) this change in story came after attempts by prosecutors to pressure him into saying something more about the incident, letting him know that there were other “victims� and he would really be helping out if he could remember something different, (2) McQueary’s final version of the story helped him win a huge lawsuit from Penn State for being the victim in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit of $12M, and (3) Ziegler brings up some things about McQueary that cast doubt on his character.

The teenager, Allan Myers, when originally questioned, would clearly state that Sandusky never abused him, and in fact said something to the effect of “I’ll never say anything bad about Jerry Sandusky�. He confirmed Sandusky's account that what happened in the shower was just mild horseplay. Myers also wrote letters to newspapers, in his own name, supporting Sandusky against the accusations and praising him for his help and support. When Myers got married, he asked Sandusky to stand in at the ceremony for his Dad. Later, when other accusers came forward, he changed his story, turning himself into a victim, which resulted in him getting a multi-million dollar settlement from Penn State.

Why Did this Happen to Sandusky?

You still might be wondering, where there is smoke there is fire right? Or is Sandusky just the most unlucky person in America to have all these false accusations hurled at him?

Ziegler offers a good explanation for why it isn’t surprising that Sandusky would eventually face accusations: Over the course of decades, Sandusky worked with hundreds, maybe thousands, of “at-risk� youth � kids who came from some of the worst backgrounds you could imagine. From families and communities where criminal behavior was common. From a culture where resentment against the system was common.

Combine that with how he was kind of touchy-feely and very trusting, willing to have these kids in their homes and for sleepovers. This created opportunities where a hug or a locker room shower could, years later, be re-imagined, sometimes with the help of repressed memory therapy, as something worse. Especially when there are financial incentives involved. And even more especially when aggressive prosecutors and lawyers are continually pushing them with leading questions, encouraging them to tell the stories they desperately want to hear.

I don’t think it is surprising that of the hundreds and hundreds of kids Sandusky worked with, there were some that would be responsive to the financial incentive of making an accusation, particularly after the first accusation, when there is a known case that they could piggy-back onto.

Unfortunately, I don’t have time to discuss the incredible, frustrating, and unbelievable incompetence of Sandusky’s defense attorney. Or some of the questionable decisions made by the judge during the trial. Or the particular ridiculousness of one of the accusations: the “janitor� story. I hope you’ll read the book or listen to the podcast and share your thoughts. ]]> Comment286525720 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:40:58 -0800 <![CDATA[Tim commented on Tim's review of Washington: A Life]]> /review/show/4791428764 Tim's review of Washington: A Life
by Ron Chernow

Dee - I just saw this, sorry for the late reply, but thanks for the comment and recommendation! ]]>