A Master of Djinn by P. Djéli Clark
I read the previous novella in this series, A Dead Djinn in Cairo, and really enjoyed the world that P. Djeli Clark created in it. I have a few friends that, whenever we get together, we compare “what we’ve been reading” lists, and in one of those conversations a friend brought up A Master of … [Read more]
The No Meat Athlete Cookbook by Matt Frazier, Stepfanie Romine
Happy end of semester impulse buy to me (university English teacher here). I have to admit I wasn't expecting much from The No Meat Athlete Cookbook, since my scan in the bookstore revealed a pretty generic set of recipes, but I went ahead and bought it because it included a sweet red bean recipe … [Read more]
Feel The Bern by Andrew Shaffer
Feel the Bern is basically mindless entertainment which is too bad in a way since it has a lot of potential. Once Joe Biden actually ran for and won the Presidency, I’m guessing the author didn’t see it practical to continue to Obama-Biden murder mysteries, so Bernie Sanders must have been the back … [Read more]
Star Wars: Exploring Tatooine - An Illustrated Guide by Riley Silverman
When the first Star Wars movie came out in May 1977, I was 8 years old. I don't know why I went to see it. I was horrifying my parents with my love of Charlie's Angels (I remember nothing about the plots, only the hair and the costumes). I was entirely earthbound. But somehow I saw the movie and … [Read more]
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
Years ago, I half-read something by Malcolm Gladwell about how he wasn't sure that the Enron execs did anything wrong. Gladwell's thing is not my thing; he's the kind of faux intellectual others love that I find empty and lacking. But at the time, having no idea what actually brought Enron down, I … [Read more]
Desert Queen by Jyoti Rajan Gopal
Well HOT DARN! (Only I was not saying darn!) Desert Queen has probably been written for several reasons. The first, to give representation to the people of India. But also, to show how one middle class boy would grow up and show the world how to bend perceptions. Queen Harish was the alter ego of a … [Read more]
