https://t.ly/YePv9 I’m writing about this book because it’s so readable. No, that’s not the only reason. Also because everybody involved is not a winner. Most books written about Jewish families… Everybody’s solidly middle class, or upper middle class, it’s a land of opportunities, despite the tsuris. But the Cohens? The father is a Holocaust survivor. […]

“The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon”: https://t.ly/qacea 1 ANOTHER BOOK?! I wasn’t planning on writing about it, I wasn’t even sure I was going to read it, but late Saturday night Kevin Fedarko described the experience of running the river… Being at […]

https://t.ly/zpquh I’m trying to figure out where I found this book. I always start my research on Amazon, because if reviews are good, they print them, and if there are no reviews by notable publications… That’s usually a bad sign. But I went to Amazon and found none of those famous reviews. Which flummoxed me. […]

“Brothers”: https://t.ly/uhISi This is not a typical rock autobiography. You know, we went there and did this. Tales of debauchery as we ride the road to success, delivering gossip along the way. No, this is the story of an immigrant family… That does not resemble my own an iota. I’m the same age as Alex […]