Kindle edition of Dave Mason's EO-N overlaid on a red background. Around it are laurels for just a few of the 20 literary awards the novel has received. Below it, in white type" "Immense… while holding you in the palm of its hand." Windy City Reviews

"Deserves a place on the shelf with other meaningful WWII novels. When madmen are again threatening our world it's all the more important to be reminded of what we've stood for. If the arc of history bends toward justice, the arc of this story bends towards hope. You'll be better for having read it"

Kindle version of Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River overlaid on a red background.

"When I give a book 5 stars, I think it's perfect and it has had a deep impact on me. That's how I feel about this book. I couldn't stop reading it and felt a deep swell of emotion at the end. Highly recommend. Also, this needs to be made into a TV series or movie because the story is so damn good."

Flew out of PDX this morning. Watched from the terminal as four Oregon Air National Guard F-15s took off and returned approximately one hour later. That burned somewhere around $116,000 in taxpayer money. For what?

Kindle version of Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River overlaid on a red background.

"When I give a book 5 stars, I think it's perfect and it has had a deep impact on me. That's how I feel about this book. I couldn't stop reading it and felt a deep swell of emotion at the end. Highly recommend. Also, this needs to be made into a TV series or movie because the story is so damn good."

He killed over 160 young girls at a school and threatened to end their entire civilization out of respect and admiration

Screen grab of Amazon's Best Sellers in War Fiction list, showing Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River ranked at #43.

Book clubs rock!
#historicalfiction
#Top100

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

The next Brock Purdy? Nope.

Screen grab of Amazon's Best Sellers in War Fiction list, showing Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River ranked at #43.

Book clubs rock!
#historicalfiction
#Top100

This is 100% logical.

Screen grab of Amazon's Best Sellers in War Fiction rankings, showing Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River at #87.

"Rich and intrinsically beautiful… Mason‘s storytelling is compelling. A beguiling journey into the ‘what ifs’ we struggle with. Do we ‘seize the day’ or do we plod along on a path that's prescribed? And what happens when we take our lives in our own hands? Highly recommended." Amazon / Canada

Yup.

Screen grab of Amazon's Best Sellers in War Fiction rankings, showing Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River at #87.

"Rich and intrinsically beautiful… Mason‘s storytelling is compelling. A beguiling journey into the ‘what ifs’ we struggle with. Do we ‘seize the day’ or do we plod along on a path that's prescribed? And what happens when we take our lives in our own hands? Highly recommended." Amazon / Canada

Yay! We're the killingest killers who ever killed!

Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation

"Big companies scale efficiency. Small businesses scale relevance."

Kindle edition of Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River.

"A serious but accessible novel that earns its moments of hope. Asks hard questions about nationality, belonging, and the arbitrary nature of borders without offering easy answers. Yet…it maintains a fundamental warmth… Keep tissues handy for the final chapters." Maria Ashford / BookShelfie

Kindle edition of Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River.

"A serious but accessible novel that earns its moments of hope. Asks hard questions about nationality, belonging, and the arbitrary nature of borders without offering easy answers. Yet…it maintains a fundamental warmth… Keep tissues handy for the final chapters." Maria Ashford / BookShelfie

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

Gee, so puzzling.

Kindle edition of Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River set against a dark background. White type reads: We are all rain."

"Heart wrenching and heart warming; a riveting storyline; complex characters about whom we care deeply; timeless themes of war, family, justice, love, and forgiveness.

Asks us to consider our time on earth: the people we meet, the paths we take, the choices we make, the love we share." Goodreads

Screen grab of Amazon's Best Sellers in War Fiction list showing Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River at #99

Hey, #99 is still in the Top 100!
#Amazon #BestSeller

Market manipulation

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

Murder www.propublica.org/article/tmb-...

Springtime in Portland, Oregon does not disappoint.

Authors are slamming Reese Witherspoon for telling followers 'it's time to learn A.I.' Reese Witherspoon has long championed the creative community, but a recent social media post hyping A.I. isn't sitting well with writers and authors.

AI Reese will work for free.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Screen grab of Amazon's Best Sellers in War Fiction list showing Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River at #99

Hey, #99 is still in the Top 100!
#Amazon #BestSeller

Kindle edition of Dave Mason's Between the Clouds and the River set against a dark background. White type reads: We are all rain."

"Heart wrenching and heart warming; a riveting storyline; complex characters about whom we care deeply; timeless themes of war, family, justice, love, and forgiveness.

Asks us to consider our time on earth: the people we meet, the paths we take, the choices we make, the love we share." Goodreads

A silhouette of what at first appears to be an airplane on a white background is formed by the shapes of a young girl and a de Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber. Red block letters spell out EO-N. Black type reads "Lush. Brutal. Beautiful. Cinematic."

"I'm struggling not to reveal the genius in the construction of this book. What an immense scope this book takes while holding you in the palm of its hand." Marssie Mencotti / Windy City Reviews

18 literary awards
4.5 ⭐ Amazon / 1,600 reviews
1 film / TV acquisition

tinyurl.com/yc37tpxy

An FAQ About Your New Birth Control: The Music of Rush 4/19/23 5/1/24 4/11/26

How effective is it?
No one has ever gotten pregnant while listening to the music of Rush. Studies show that when combined with watching a male sexual partner play air bass to the extended solo in “Freewill,” the contraceptive efficacy of Rush approaches 100%.

Will I experience any discomfort?
Yes.

A silhouette of what at first appears to be an airplane on a white background is formed by the shapes of a young girl and a de Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber. Red block letters spell out EO-N. Black type reads "Lush. Brutal. Beautiful. Cinematic."

"I'm struggling not to reveal the genius in the construction of this book. What an immense scope this book takes while holding you in the palm of its hand." Marssie Mencotti / Windy City Reviews

18 literary awards
4.5 ⭐ Amazon / 1,600 reviews
1 film / TV acquisition

tinyurl.com/yc37tpxy

Prime Minister Mark Carney and
Finnish President Alexander Stubb took the ice for some drills with the PWHL Ottawa Chargers.

Absolutely amazing.

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