“A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees.” This is another reread for me, and one that grew in my estimation quite a bit I think. I might be unable to read all mass market paperbacks anymore as my age, my eyesight, and patience (and attention span) wanes, so my first read through was cursed I think. It makes me realize I need […]

I feel dumber with each review I write. I loved Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. It has one of my favorite literary passages of all time: “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it you’ve got to be kind.” But my brain won’t analyze it. It just loves […]