This week we take a look at women from the poorest of circumstances, who fought back to change their circumstances, with Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Women Who Ruled the Ganglands by Hussain S. Zaidi.

Modern warriors who are fighting for women’s rights are explored in this weeks book, The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht edited by Karen Jones

This month, I’m looking at women who fought back, starting with Juanita Broadrick’s book You’d Better Put Some Ice on That.

The last Sunday means it’s time for the next president, making this weeks book The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House John F. Harris

Let’s shake off whatever darkness came from the prior books with this week’s book, Human Mind Owner's Manual by Sean Webb.

Next, what’s going wrong with therapy and how is it actually HURTING the next generation? Lets take a look at Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier.

Let’s take a look this month at some psychology, starting with Jordan Peterson’s latest book, We Who Wrestle With God.

The final book of the year and the last president of 2024 is George H W Bush, making this weeks book Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham.

Where did it all go wrong? Let’s see if we can find that answer with this weeks book, The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey.

This topic has been touched on a bit in past books I’ve read, but this weeks book explores more fully how ancient man may have found the Gods, making this weeks book Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences by William Richards.

This weeks book explores the earliest known art work, cave art found around the world, with The Mind in the Cave by David Lewis-Williams.

Five Sunday’s this month, so I’m starting with fiction, and since this month I’m reading books on spiritualism and religion, I thought I’d read a book that might include both, by an outstanding historical fiction author, making this weeks book Stonehenge: 2,000 B.C. by Bernard Cornwall.

This month’s president is Ronald Reagan, making this weeks book Reagan: The Life by H.W. Brands

Rounding out my light reading month, this weeks book is The Law by Frederic Bastiat

Next up on my small book list is No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority by Lysander Spooner.

I’m doing a mix of political/economic theory and taking it easy, which basically just means I picked really short books leading up to the holiday season, starting with Chaos Theory, by Robert Murphy.

This months president is Jimmy Carter, making this weeks book Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains to Post-Presidency by Peter G. Bourne.

Ending my spooky fun time reading, this weeks book is Haunted Virginia City by Janice Oberding.

Continuing my Halloween theme, this weeks book is Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton.

Coming up on Halloween, I start reading some fun spooky books, and I’m starting off with The Art of the Grimoire by Owen Davies.

Our president this month, is Gerald Ford, making this weeks book An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford by Richard Norton Smith.

Rounding out what makes good story, we’re ending our journey with a classic, Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Creative Battles

I wondered if there was a flip side to the hero’s journey, and it turns out there is, so this week, we are diving into The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture by Gail Carriger.

This month I’m going to look at some of the psychology behind what makes a good story, starting with this weeks book, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work by Joseph Campbell.

Going to finish out Ari H. Mendelson’s oeuvre with what I believe is his first novel, Bias Incident.

The president for this month is Richard Milhouse Nixon, making this weeks book Being Nixon: A Man Divided by Evan Thomas.

Rounding out our month in showbusiness, this week’s book is All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks.

Keeping up with fun stuff, this weeks book is Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker

Decided to spend August with showbusiness, so this week’s book is Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession by Laurence Leamer.

After Camelot fell, the nation was left in the hands of this months president, Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President, by Robert Dallek.