Books

A few years ago I reviewed this author’s “School of Essential Ingredients.” When I saw she had a new paperback out, I hustled to check it out from my library.

This book is the reminiscence of a 90 year old man looking back on a remarkable life: he was a white chief of the Cherokee, a senator, and a corporal in the…

I had seen this book in my book catalogs so when it showed up on a library’s new book shelf I took a look at it. I not only checked it out for a perusal, but

I read this new fictional account of a hippie commune because there was a time when I read a lot of utopian literature, and even founded a group in my…

This somewhat trite romantic comedy was the perfect antidote to the other book I was reading simultaneously… the one I blogged about yesterday regarding…

I knew precious little about the genocide in Burundi, so when I saw this true story written by an author I’ve enjoyed before, I decided to give it a go…

This novel utilizes hypothetical “red book” entries to introduce characters returning to Harvard for their 20th reunion. The whole book takes place during…

I liked this book, regardless of the fact that it takes place in the pharmaceutical industry and has some explicit medical descriptions that may make…

This novel had a very unique premise: the earth’s rotation begins gradually to slow down. Each day is longer than the one before it by many minutes. The havoc…