Review: "Gratitude," by Oliver Sacks
This is truly not a book at all, nor should it have been made into one. I had read them before and thought that the book might have...
Review: "In the Garden of Beasts," by Erik Larson
Having read all of Mr. Larson's earlier books I came to this piece with equal enthusiasm and anticipation. Although a fine work, I have...
Review: "The Great Bridge," by David McCullough
An incredible masterwork of unparalleled research and writing, this non-fiction tome, running over 500 pages, never ceases to satisfy,...
Review: "Auschwitz," by Pascal Croci
In my continued admiration and exploration of graphic novels this is the first of several books that I will review in the next week or...
Review: "Stiff - The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers," by Mary Roach
This is one of the most peculiar non-fiction books I have ever read and please don't accept this as any kind of a recommendation. At the...
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...