Review: "Under the Banner of Heaven," by John Krakauer
Krakauer proves once again, what an amazing researcher, compiler, and author he is. His topics, and I have read several of his books,...
Review: "Life Itself a memoir by Roger Ebert"
The most important directive in the title of this book is "memoir". My understanding is that a memoir is not an autobiography but a...
Review: "Open House," by Elizabeth Berg
For several years, perhaps it was about ten ago, I enjoyed Berg's books immensely. Set in typical modern America they focused on normal...
Review: "H is for Hawk," by Helen MacDonald
This book is quite a remarkable personal memoir. Having won several awards and made a number of "Best of 2015" lists I really looked to...
Review: "Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West" by Cormac McCarthy
If "the west" of the middle 19th century (1850-1880) and by west I mean Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California and large...