The Memory Cache

The Memory Cache is the personal blog site of Wayne Parker, a Seattle-based writer and musician. It features short reviews of books, movies and TV shows, and posts on other topics of current interest.

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Friday, August 16, 2024

TV Review: 800 Words, Seasons 1-3 (Acorn TV).

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Hello, and happy late summer! I noticed my last few reviews were on rather weighty topics, in the midst of a nerve-wracking and perilous...

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. Erik Larson (2024).

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In our fraught era of social and political polarization, we’ve become accustomed to hearing from pundits about how “there’s no precedent for...

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Book Review: The Heat Will Kill You First. Jeff Goodell (2023).

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I read this climate change non-fiction book some months ago, and it’s taken me a while to get around to writing a review of it, but I believ...

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Book Review: Fluke: Chance, Chaos and Why Everything We Do Matters. Brian Klaas (2024).

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In one of my favorite lines from my song Strangers , I posed a rhetorical question: “Who can trace the mysterious chain of events that now...

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Wayne Parker: I'm Wayne Parker, a Seattle-based writer, musician, and former IT professional (now retired). My main purpose in creating this blog is to write and share short reviews of good books I've read, and good movies and TV I've seen, for your use and entertainment, as well as for my own reference. In the future, I hope to add occasional posts on other topics of interest and opinion as well. Please drop by frequently, and see what's new!

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