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.

Friday, March 29, 2024

Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg

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Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg is an excellent book subtitled How to Unlock the Secret Language of Communication . Duhigg notes that...

The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey

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The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey was written in 2005 and subtitled The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hocke...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

The Women by Kristin Hannah

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The Women by Kristin Hannah is a compelling novel about Frances "Frankie" McGrath, who served in the Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Family Family by Laurie Frankel

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Family Family by Laurie Frankel is a really good novel about actress India Allwood, her adopted children Fig and Jack, her two biological ...
Sunday, January 28, 2024

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah is a lovely novel about the characters Vianne Mauriac and her sister Isabelle in occupied France during ...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Doppelganger by Naomi Klein

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Doppelganger  by Naomi Klein is a compelling nonfiction book subtitled A Trip into the Mirror World . Klein writes about herself and Naomi ...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

Going Infinite by Michael Lewis

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Going Infinite by Michael Lewis is a compelling book about Sam Bankman-Fried, the now-convicted founder of FTX and Alameda Research. Lewis...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

Gallop Toward the Sun by Peter Stark

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Gallop Toward the Sun by Peter Stark is a solid book subtitled Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's Struggle for the Destiny of a Nat...
Thursday, December 07, 2023

Hidden Potential by Adam Grant

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Hidden Potential by Adam Grant  is an interesting book subtitled The Science of Achieving Greater Things and split into three sections, wit...
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...
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