https://tinyurl.com/yur6kvdh This is an amazing book. One of the ten best of the year according to “The Washington Post,” shortlisted for the Booker Prize, but it isn’t simple to read. Because it’s set in Ireland, with Irish words, and one character’s passages are printed sans periods. But “The Bee Sting” is not “Ulysses,” it’s far […]

“The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder”: https://tinyurl.com/3mcp7z2s Yes, this is about a boat, not a bet. Not that I could remember months after I reserved it at the library. This is a certain kind of book, that may or may not appeal to you. If you’re interested in exploration, the Arctic and […]

https://tinyurl.com/mpradk6n I want to tell you about this book. But I can’t recommend you read it. It’s called “Wellness,” and it’s by Nathan Hill. Reviews have been excellent, Oprah has even endorsed it, but the main reason I got it from the library, the main reason I dug in, was because I positively loved Hill’s […]

Re: The Only Girl Well holy fucking sh*t!  Hi, it’s Robin. A couple business associates sent me what you wrote and you can’t imagine – or maybe you can – what it means to me. The book was such a commercial flop (though it did better in Great Britain) that it wrecked me in a […]