Monday, May 27, 2024

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead ----------- 3 Stars

›
A few years ago, I read The Underground Railroad by the impressive and well-regarded Colson Whitehead. While he's written a number of ot...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

The Nineties: A Book - Chuck Klosterman ----------------- 3 Stars

›
This book seemed like a natural for me. I spent my formative years in the 1990s and I really enjoy Chuck Klosterman's writing style ( la...
Saturday, April 20, 2024

Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid ------------- 4.5 Stars

›
I really wasn't planning to read Daisy Jones and the Six . The few thing I read about it said it was a book about a 70s musician/female ...
Saturday, April 6, 2024

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton -------------- 4 Stars

›
Like most people, I saw and greatly enjoyed the original Jurassic Park movie many years ago. At the time, I don't think I was aware that...
1 comment:
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides ------------------- 3.5 Stars

›
A couple years old, The Silent Patient is a book that recently was recommended, and it was a pretty enjoyable read. Really a mystery novel ...
Saturday, March 2, 2024

Boy21 - Matthew Quick ---------------- 3.5 Stars

›
I would have never planned to read Boy21 if my son had not read the book and exclaimed it was the "greatest book I've ever read....
Sunday, February 25, 2024

Sharks in the Time of Saviors - Kawai Strong Washburn --------------------- 4.5 Stars

›
Released a few years ago, I've been a bit skeptical about reading Sharks in the Time of Saviors , though it received high praise from my...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

Rabbit, Run - John Updike ------------------- 1.5 Stars

›
Rabbit, Run has been on my "to read" list for a very long time. Released in 1960, this book made Updike quite famous and is regar...
Monday, January 15, 2024

Razorblade Tears - S. A. Cosby ---------------------- 3.5 Stars

›
While not on my radar, and not something I had previously come across, I was happy to take some time to read the recently released Razorblad...
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Eye of the Needle - Ken Follett ----------------- 4 Stars

›
I've read and reviewed three Ken Follett books (reviews here ), including the incomparable Pillars of the Earth, which was one of the fe...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

Trust - Hernan Diaz --------------- 2.5 Stars

›
Sometimes people's opinions are really different. This is a good example. Released in 2022, Trust went on to be in one of the most crit...
1 comment:
Saturday, December 2, 2023

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It - Chris Voss ------------- 3 Stars

›
While I didn't really think I did a lot of negotiating in life, this book was recommended to me. And, even with an awfully serious title...
Saturday, November 18, 2023

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Paperback – Jonas Jonasson ----------------- 2 Stars

›
The 100 Year Old Man who Climbed Out the Window , was released about 10 years ago and was popular upon its release. However, I had not ever ...
Saturday, November 4, 2023

Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night - Lisa Belkin --------------- 3 Stars

›
When I first read the synopsis for Genealogy of a Murder , I figured it was a book made for my tastes. A nonfiction story about a murder man...
Saturday, October 21, 2023

Libra - Don DeLillo --------------------- 4 Stars

›
This book ended up being an interesting read that had connections to two previous review. First, I really found DeLillo's Underworld an ...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession - Michael Finkel ----------------- 3 Stars

›
The Art Thief recently was released and seemed like a book that I would really enjoy. Even by the title alone, one could see why it seems l...
Saturday, September 30, 2023

But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present as If It Were the Past -- Chuck Klosterman ------------------- 4 Stars

›
I don't think I've ever read a Chuck Klosterman book before, though I am very familiar with him and his writings. An asitute and cre...
2 comments:
Sunday, September 17, 2023

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder Hardcover – David Grann ------------------- 3.5 Stars

›
While not planning to read The Wager , this new release was recently available and well regarded, so I thought I'd give it a shot. And, ...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Where Men Where Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman - Jon Krakauer ------------- 4 Stars

›
I've been reading a lot of books lately and really enjoying many of them. Like always, however, the search to find a (hopefully) great b...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

The Hare with Amber Eyes - Edmund De Waal ---------------------- 3 Stars

›
When this book was recommended to me, I was certain I had never read or even heard of this book. And, while only a couple years old, and a N...