Review: "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again," by David Foster Wallace
This is a series of essays published in 1997 that are intriguing, challenging and elusive to a degree. Wallace clearly was one of the...
Review: "All the Light We Cannot See," by Anthony Doerr
This amazing tale is everything that you want a novel to be. Well written and plotted, this is an intimate story about engaging...
Review: "Dead Wake," by Erik Larson
Larson manages to place us on the Lusitania, among its storied passengers, the able, and in some cases less than able, crew, in the...
Review: "Before He Finds Her," by Michael Kardos
How can I best evaluate this novel? Recommend, I don't think so. Workable, passable, adequate...definitely. I don't read this kind of...
Review: "Mr. Mercedes," by Stephen King
My many reviews of Stephen King books continues with this nicely wrought thriller about a seriously sick mass murderer. In the last...
Review: "A Drifting Life," by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
This amazing autobiographic graphic novel tops out at 834 pages and is almost two and a half inches thick. One might think that his would...
Review: "The Woods (Vol. 1 & 2)" by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas and Josan Gonza
Having embarked on this mission to read as many graphic novels as I can get my hands on I found the first two of the series titled The...
Review: "The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien
This book opens with 40 reviews spread over eight pages that praise this book to the ultimate degree. Those critics are much better...
Review: "Shackleton - Antarctic Odyssey," by Nick Bertozzi
Another graphic novel, another gem. The more I read any of these books, the more I like them. Presented in bold drawings, simple and...
Review: "The Crucible," by Arthur Miller
The last time I read this play was probably about 40 years ago. I have also seen it in production at least twice. I had the opportunity...