Sunday, September 20, 2020

The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett

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Patchett is a connoisseur of imperfect characters who are compelling mixes of the saintly, the clueless, the wise and loving, the selfish an...
Friday, September 11, 2020

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession and the Natural History Heist of the Century, by Kirk Wallace Johnson

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Is this book autobiography?     Memoir?     Is it the story of a quest for the answers to an absorbing crime story with an uncertain ending?...
Saturday, August 15, 2020

Virgil Wander, Leif Enger

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This quiet, gentle story is remarkable for the artistry of it words, the realistically oddball characters, and its touch of Northwoods m...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

In The Garden of Beasts:Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, by Erik Larson

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This solidly researched account of Germany and the U.S. before World War II reads like a novel full of intigue, love affairs, disloyalty...
Thursday, July 23, 2020

Fiction to Consider, July 2020

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OUT OF THE EASY, BY RUTA SEPETYS It's 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie M...
Sunday, July 19, 2020

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, by David Epstein

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In Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World , David Epstein began with a theme that resonated strongly with the liberal arts...
Monday, July 13, 2020

Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel

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Emily St. John Mandel’s novel,  Station Eleven,  begins with famous actor Arthur Leander’s real-life death as he plays the role of King L...