I’m calling it. Here are the books I’ve read in the last twelve months: This […]
Making History, by Stephen Fry
I think the second most frequently asked question about time travel (after the question about […]
The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Great books ask big what if questions. And Ursula Le Guin asks a doozy in […]
A Thousand Acres, by Jane Smiley
Even after three readings, I still love Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres and I still […]
The Barbarian Nurseries, by Héctor Tobar
After I finished reading Héctor Tobar’s The Barbarian Nurseries, I spent some time pondering the […]
Unholy Night, by Seth Grahame-Smith
I’m still a little puzzled about what Seth Grahame-Smith’s Unholy Night is meant to be. On […]
The Fallen Angel, by Daniel Silva
The Fallen Angel After a few disappointing books in his Gabriel Allon series, I think […]
Death Comes to Pemberley, by P.D. James
There are so many sequels to Pride and Prejudice and so many of them are […]
State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder plays out, for me, like an extended ethics scenario. There […]
Pariah, by Bob Fingerman
Most of the zombie novel’s I’ve read look at how the survivors, well, survive and […]