https://amzn.to/3ffx2ZM It’s hard to write a rock and roll novel. First and foremost because most fans don’t read. Second, if they do, they want nonfiction, they want to dig deeper into the histories of the stars. Most of those books are awfully written. To the point where you wonder if they were even edited at […]

“The Premonition: A Pandemic Story”: https://amzn.to/3o7cdUf 1 Michael Lewis makes ordinary people stars. Like Billy Beane. And Michael Burry. And now Charity Dean. The “New York Times” gave this book a positive review, the “Wall Street Journal” a negative one. The WSJ said been there, done that, it’s in the past, so why bother sifting […]

1 “Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire”: https://amzn.to/3h39lpW Monday I decided to replenish my stock of St. Ives face scrub. An old girlfriend had turned me on to Aapri, but they stopped making that, so I switched to St. Ives, which is a bit rougher, but I’ve gotten used to […]

“American Dervish”: https://amzn.to/3sNRaYh “Infinite Country”: https://amzn.to/3rS1u0a “American Dervish” is the first novel written by Ayad Akhtar, who wrote one of last year’s absolute best books, “Homeland Elegies.” It’s not as good. When you get into something, you want more of it, you want to go on an excursion into the past, find out everything about […]