I’m going to be entirely honest here: this is the only Suzan-Lori Parks I’ve read, even though I enjoyed the hell out of this book and think you should pick up a copy immediately. It’s […]
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Category: books
Brief Reflections on War and Peace
I’m a little late to the game, I’ll admit, but I wanted to write down some thoughts about Tolstoy’s masterpiece while they’re running through my head. I won’t delve too much into the specifics of […]
Notes of a Native Son
It’s hard to put into words just how much I loved reading this book. I’m late to the Baldwin party, obviously, but I thought it would be important to put down some thoughts I had […]
REAMDE and FALL by Neal Stephenson
I can honestly say REAMDE was one of the easiest novels I’ve read by Neal Stephenson. Despite the intimidating length of the work, the story plays out as a fast-paced mystery of cat and mouse […]
Read “The Bird Box”
Author: Josh Malerman Buy it here. I cannot recommend this book enough. For those of you who enjoy any sort of post-apocalyptic (or just plain weird and scary) fiction, this book feels like a breath […]
Review: A Perfect Spy
Description from Amazon: Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friend—and the perfect spy. But in […]
Al Franken’s new book is great
Giant of the Senate, by Al Franken There are a couple of things that I think make this book stand out: 1. Al Franken is still funny. And as long as you can laugh along […]
