words written down

This blog is all about words because they matter, they influence, they entertain and when you put them down on a page in a meaningful order, they acquire permanence. Contained here is my writing over the past 10+ years, primarily book reviews over the past ~5 years, and I also have a book review podcast, Talking Nonfiction, available on Apple or Spotify.

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel

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Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel  tells the story of seventy-seven-year-old Pepper Mills. She moves into a retirement community in Austin, ...
Monday, May 25, 2026

The Names by Florence Knapp

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The Names by Florence Knapp is a lovely novel that tells the story of Cora, the naming of her newborn son (whose father wants named after ...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

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London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe is a solid work of nonfiction subtitled  A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Sea...
Thursday, May 07, 2026

Heart the Lover by Lily King

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Heart the Lover by Lily King is an interesting novel that tells the first-person story of a main character through decades of her life. In...
Wednesday, May 06, 2026

My Kind of Place by Susan Orlean

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My Kind of Place by Susan Orlean is a 2004 collection of her travel writing. There's just over thirty different pieces from her inclu...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

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West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge is a really good work of historical fiction that begins with 105-year-old Woodrow Wilson Nickel furiou...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

Culpability by Bruce Holsinger

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Culpability by Bruce Holsinger is an excellent novel that's a work of suspense, family dynamics, and the consequences of AI, including...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

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The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer is a lovely debut novel about thirty-six-year-old Clover Brooks, who lives in New York an...
Friday, March 27, 2026

The Uncool by Cameron Crowe

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The Uncool by Cameron Crowe is an interesting memoir by the writer and director of movies including Say Anything , Singles , Jerry McGui...

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

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The Correspondent by Virginia Evans is a lovely novel that tells the story of Sybil Van Antwerp, done entirely through letters she writes ...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe

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Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe is a solid collection of a dozen  The New Yorker  pieces. The collection is subtitled True Stories of Grifte...
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