Adonis Monahan

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Chasing the Scream The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs - Book Review

Taking pages from Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo journalism and Mark Twain’s storytelling, Johann Hari’s first book, Chasing the Scream, is a poignant and gripping read from cover to cover. Delving into o...

By Adonis Monahan

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - Book Review

How far are you willing to go to survive? Many years in the future, in the ruins of what was once North America lies a nation known as Panem split up into twelve districts each responsible for produc...

By Adonis Monahan

The Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo - Book Review

The Jigsaw Man begins with Michael Fox, homeless and down on his luck, living in a dumpster under a bridge somewhere in Buffalo. He was once a prosperous family man, but an accident ruined his life an...

By Adonis Monahan

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - Book Review

Khaled Hosseini’s first novel The Kite Runner catapulted him to fame for his heart-wrenching father-son tale. He later followed it with an even more heart-wrenching novel entitled A Thousand Splendid...

By Adonis Monahan

Forrest Gump - Movie Review

This is probably one of my all-time favorite childhood movies and it was even better seeing it recently as an adult. I got to understand parts that I didn't appreciate before and I managed to see the...

By Adonis Monahan

Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy by Judd Apatow

How do comedians live and think? Do they walk around all day spewing pithy and witty comments at an alarming speed? Are they spiritually broken geniuses? Probably not. These statements are all exagger...

By Adonis Monahan

The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom - Book Review

Every person, who has lost a loved one, longs to talk and hear their voice again. This is what occurs to eight individuals, living in the town of Coldwater, Michigan, who mysteriously receive phone ca...

By Adonis Monahan

The Green Mile by Stephen King - Book Review

Whilst most death row units call the final walk a convicted felon must take the last mile, Cold Mountain Penitentiary called theirs the green mile, because of the lime-green linoleum it had. Paul Edg...

By Adonis Monahan

The House of Caine by Ken Eulo - Book Review

This book is about vampires. That’s the best way to put it. It is the sixties and a clutch of vampires are living in a town called Millhouse in the United States, where they have been selectively feas...

By Adonis Monahan

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson - Book Review

Greg Mortenson is an American registered nurse and a passionate mountaineer who, together with writer David Oliver Relin wrote Three Cups of Tea; a narrative of a truly inspiring journey. ...

By Adonis Monahan