Rebecca Solnit’s A Field Guide to Getting Lost essentially is a memoir of the mind, an intense collection of personal essays about losing oneself intellectually,
Veterans’ Day is a day to not only honor veterans, but also those authors who have written about the wars in which veterans have fought:
Reading Journal, November 30, 2012 A member of our Clayton Community Library Book Club recommended David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas to me quite a few months ago.
Because I was born and raised in Seattle, I look for books by Pacific Northwest authors. Since reading Snow Falling on Cedars, one of my
The Book of Nonsense, by David Michael Slater, is not your typical coming of age story. At the heart of the novel is very large
THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET I have just finished reading David Mitchell‘s The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet and I am numb.
Not another list. I’m really too late for a list, but check out our reviews, there are some great “dad” reads. No, I’m writing about
Novels set in a distant time and in an unfamiliar place always appeal to me, novels like David Fulmer’s first three New Orleans mysteries: Chasing
There are times I do not understand the marketing of books. By its hardcover price, $16.99, Two Boys Kissing is marketed for young adults. I
Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World Because I am a bit of a political junkie, I often read biographies and autobiographies of
Wilderness and the American Mind, 5th Edition First published in 1968, Wilderness and the American Mind, the seminal book about the history of the idea of
David Malouf’s novel, Harland’s Half Acre, features an Australian artist with surrealistic talent. Writing about Frank Harland, Malouf himself depicts his art and his settings
Slade House It’s not often that I review a book two months before its publication, but because David Mitchell is one of my favorite novelists
The Wright Brothers Obsession may be in the eye of the beholder. Maybe. If anyone has ever been obsessed, the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville,
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: THE OSAGE MURDERS AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI Growing up in Kansas, I visited our relatives in northern Oklahoma.
Black History Month – I can’t believe I have not upgraded this essay and list of interesting titles since 2013. Today, in our frightening political
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