Reading Wrap-Up for May 2019
June 4, 2019
A look at my reading month for May 2019. … More Reading Wrap-Up for May 2019
Reading Wrap-Up for April 2019
May 4, 2019
A look at my reading month for April 2019. … More Reading Wrap-Up for April 2019
Life, Death, and Family: The Other Americans, by Laila Lalami
April 8, 2019
Laila Lalami’s intricate new novel follows a family in the wake of the patriarch’s sudden death in a hit and run accident. … More Life, Death, and Family: The Other Americans, by Laila Lalami
My Least Favorite Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction
April 4, 2019
Here are the Pulitzer Prize winners for fiction that I rank among the worst. … More My Least Favorite Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction
My Favorite Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction
April 3, 2019
Here are my favorite novels and short story collections that have won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. … More My Favorite Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction
Predicting the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
April 2, 2019
The Pultizer Prizes for 2018 will be announced on April 15, so I thought it would be fun to take a look at the field and try to do the impossible: predict the book that will win for fiction. There have been a lot of left-field winners in the history of the prize, so if … More Predicting the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Reading Wrap-Up for March 2019
April 2, 2019
A look at my reading month for March 2019. … More Reading Wrap-Up for March 2019
Mystery Cliches I Hate
March 8, 2019
I love mystery novels, but there are certain tropes within the genre that just drive me insane when I stumble on them. … More Mystery Cliches I Hate
The Best Reads from the Tournament of Books
March 6, 2019
The Tournament of Books is something I look forward to every year. Here are the best books that I discovered because of the book bracket competition. … More The Best Reads from the Tournament of Books
Surviving in Changing Times: Unsheltered, by Barbara Kingsolver
March 5, 2019
In Barbara Kingsolver’s Unsheltered, a family in crisis confronts the new realities of a changing world. … More Surviving in Changing Times: Unsheltered, by Barbara Kingsolver
