Wednesday, November 29, 2023

The Last Politician by Franklin Foer

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The Last Politician by Franklin Foer is a really good book subtitled  Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America'...
Saturday, November 04, 2023

Breathless by David Quammen

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Breathless by David Quammen is a thorough work of nonfiction subtitled The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus . The book jacket note...

The Midcoast by Adam White

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  The Midcoast by Adam White is a novel set on the coast of Maine, with White telling a suspenseful story of families involved in drug run...

Why We Love Baseball by Joe Posnanski

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Why We Love Baseball by Joe Posnanski is an entertaining book subtitled A History in 50 Moments . Posnanski covers the moments in baseball...
Friday, October 27, 2023

Graveyard of the Pacific by Randall Sullivan

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Graveyard of the Pacific by Randall Sullivan is an interesting book subtitled Shipwreck and Survival on America's Deadliest Waterway ....
Thursday, October 26, 2023

The Underworld by Susan Casey

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The Underworld  by Susan Casey is a wonderful book on deep sea exploration, following other books Casey has written about the ocean, includ...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

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This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel is an excellent novel with characters that stick with you long after reading the book. Frankel ...
Sunday, September 10, 2023

The Heartbeat of the Wild by David Quammen

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The Heartbeat of the Wild by David Quammen is a solid book from someone with a two-decade career as a National Geographic magazine scienc...
Saturday, August 26, 2023

The Book of Charlie by David Von Drehle

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The Book of Charlie by David Von Drehle is a solid book subtitled Wisdom From the Remarkable American Life of a 109-year-old Man . Von Dre...

The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

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The Art Thief by Michael Finkel is a solid work of nonfiction subtitled A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession . Finkel tel...
Saturday, August 12, 2023

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

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Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson is an entertaining novel by the author of the excellent book  Nothing to See Here .  In his la...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

The Time Has Come by Will Leitch

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The Time Has Come by Will Leitch , who also wrote the novel  How Lucky , is a short and interesting novel. This latest work of fiction from...

When the Heavens Went on Sale by Ashlee Vance

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When the Heavens Went on Sale by Ashlee Vance is a solid book subtitled The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach . Vance ...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Find a Way by Diana Nyad

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Find a Way by Diana Nyad is a great work of nonfiction about her life and 2013 swim from Cuba to Florida at the age of sixty-four. The tri...

The Lemon by S.E. Boyd

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The Lemon by S.E. Boyd is a fun and entertaining novel written by  Kevin Alexander ,  Joe Keohane , and  Alessandra Lusardi , with S.E. Boy...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus is an interesting and fun novel set in the 1950s, covering well what women had to deal with at the h...

The Wager by David Grann

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The Wager by David Grann is a good work of nonfiction subtitled A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder . Grann recounts the story of the B...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

It's All Relative by A.J. Jacobs

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It's All Relative by A.J. Jacobs is an entertaining book subtitled Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree  with Jacobs te...

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin is a novel that chronicles the lives of video game designers Sadie Green and Sam M...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland

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The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland is a powerful work of nonfiction subtitled The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World . ...