October Men: Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees' Miraculous Finish of 1978 by Roger Kahn
As I get older, I make it a habit of going through books I once read or half read back in my teens and 20s. It's amazing the perspective age gives you. I'm more patient of a reader and I notice more things and appreciate them. Roger Kahn is one of those baseball scribes I've always had mixed … [Read more]
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
It's strange to say that I'm disappointed in a auto/biography, but here we are, and to be fair, this is a failure of expectations more than a failure of the book itself, because it was published in 1903, and what I was curious about didn't happen until well after. Plot: The Story of My Life … [Read more]
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
If you love science fiction and want something really different, this might be the best thing you read all year. Exhalation is a series of science fiction short stories with inspirations ranging from ancient Arab storytelling traditions to Monty Python sketches. I know this because Chiang … [Read more]
Madly by Ruthie Knox
A May-December romance that actually tries to meaningfully deal with an age difference without ignoring the reality that people are not only more than their age, they are *mostly* other stuff. Plot: Allie's parents are about to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary, and she's planning the … [Read more]
The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert
The Princess Trap takes very well trod territory in romance and breathes fresh life into it. Plot: Cherry Neita is turning thirty, and her work as an HR administrator at a private British school for overprivileged white boys is not particularly thrilling. But it's stable and reliable, just like … [Read more]
Esther by Norah Lofts
CBR 14 Bingo: Snake There are several snakes in the grass who lie in wait for the king, most of all his favorite Haman. Esther is Jewish, but her husband the king of Persia doesn't know it. Which is rather a problem, as he has allowed his courtier Haman to order the massacre of all the Jews in … [Read more]
