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.
True Believers is a book for boomers, the generation that came of age in the 1960’s, a turbulent time of political unrest in America. There were
A STRONG WEST WIND A Strong West Wind was first reviewed at Bookin’ with Sunny by Ann Ronald in early December of 2012. I was
The Burgess Boys belongs to a literary genre that I might facetiously describe as “familial angst.” Written for mildly neurotic women readers and populated by
Blood & Beauty retells the story of the Borgia family’s rise to power at the height of the Italian Renaissance. The novel begins on August
Irish writer Colum McCann, now living and teaching in New York City, has created something magical in his latest novel, TransAtlantic. At the novel’s end,
Special discussion with Ron Schoop from Random House, and thanks to Point Reyes Books. August 12th at 7:00 p.m. – Clayton Community Library: Large Event Room
The War that Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 I typically read a book about World War I (the Great War) by beginning at the
Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking Let me tell you a story. Growing up in the 1950s, I
Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War Disclaimer: I gladly admit to a generally favorable attitude towards
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam A common observation is that “victors” write history. To say this
For Joseph Kanon, 1945 was a pivotal year, a time when world powers were transitioning into what would become the gray shadows of the cold
The Orphan Master’s Son is a book of adventures taking place in the repressive totalitarian regime of North Korea. While that may seem to herald
I rarely find myself speechless when I finish reading a novel. In fact, I rarely find myself speechless. But that is exactly how I felt
Why do we need yet another book about the life and times of Ernest Hemingway, especially when there are already so many good ones? Because
It’s been 30 years since the first publication of Neuromancer, the essential cyberpunk novel. A jaundiced response to the 1980’s “morning in America,” cyberpunk is a bastard
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