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.

Saturday, August 30, 2025

Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride by Will Leitch

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Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride by Will Leitch is a nice novel that starts with the main character, Lloyd, an Atlanta police officer with a t...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

Isola by Allegra Goodman

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Isola by Allegra Goodman is a captivating novel that begins in 1531 with twelve-year-old Marguerite, whose mother died during Marguerite...
Friday, August 15, 2025

Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson

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Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson is a fun novel by the author of the excellent Nothing to See Here . His latest work of fiction starts wi...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reed

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Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reed is a compelling novel set both in space and on earth. It jumps back and forth in time, both when astrona...
Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

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Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is a solid work of nonfiction, with abundance defined as us having enough of what we need to c...

Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen

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Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen is another fun and entertaining novel by the author, whose books include Razor Girl, Squeeze, Me, Skink: No Su...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

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My Friends by Fredrik Backman is a lovely novel that features the characters of Joar, Ali, Ted, KimKim (the artist), and Louisa. Also impo...

The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko

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The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko is a really good book subtitled  The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the ...
Saturday, June 07, 2025

Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey

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Framed by J ohn Grisham and Jim McCloskey is a solid nonfiction work with ten stories of wrongful arrest, conviction, and imprisonment, w...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

The Last Manager by John W. Miller

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The Last Manager by John W. Miller is a solid book subtitled  How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball . Miller is a ma...
Saturday, May 17, 2025

Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen

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Night of the Grizzlies  by  Jack Olsen  is a work of nonfiction that chronicles the separate fatal bear maulings of two nineteen-year-old wo...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah  is a compelling novel about Leni Allbright, her parents Cora and Ernt, and them living in Alaska. The fa...
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