Reading round-up 2021
Time for my annual reading round-up! I set a modest goal this year to read 30 books. This was down …
Time for my annual reading round-up! I set a modest goal this year to read 30 books. This was down …
It felt great to get my reading mojo back in 2019. In previous years my reading-for-pleasure really tanked. Busy with …
What do you do when life ceases to make sense? When your 65-year-old mom is diagnosed with a childhood cancer, …
Laura Ingalls Is Ruining My Life by Shelley Tougas My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a delightful book! Right …
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst was not what I expected. Since …
What do you think of a “bad” book review? I’m not talking about a reviewer who brings up a couple of …
I reviewed My Father the Pornographer by Chris Offutt for the Feb. 21 Minneapolis StarTribune. Even though the discovery of his …
My review of Aviya Kushner’s THE GRAMMAR OF GOD: A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLDS AND WORDS OF THE BIBLE, appears …
In November 2012 I wrote a review of “Hallucinations” for the Minneapolis StarTribune. RIP, Oliver Sacks. Your words will live …