https://amzn.to/3L0ZXSt Now that’s a book. Expect to see it on the ten best lists at the end of the year. “Birnam Wood” is no “Maame.” “Birnam Wood” is literary fiction. As in the concepts supersede the plot, big ideas are wrestled with and… I don’t think anybody can really come up with a clear definition […]

https://amzn.to/40YbSFY This is a “Read With Jenna” book. And usually that means I won’t read it. I don’t have anything against Jenna, but she usually recommends middle of the road stuff that will satiate her audience yet is anything but literary fiction. It had to go back to the library, so I dove in on […]

“Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy”: https://amzn.to/3lehXP5 He called his daughter the c-word, on more than one occasion. I’d tell you that’s all you need to know, but there’s more, much more. I only picked up this book because it was co-written by James B. Stewart, author of […]

https://amzn.to/3lY50ZI I reserved this book because it was constantly #1 in the “New York Times.” And because of its title. No one ever talks about the liberation of the death of a parent. The evaporation of judgment (not that it completely evaporates!) When do you get to be an adult, make up your own mind, […]