Mornings with Murray | Darryl Pinckney
Thirty years ago or more, when on my way home to Indiana or on my way back to England, I…
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101 Things to Do with a Potato – Stephanie Ashcraft
Summary: Savory, sweet, and simple spud recipes from the author of the New York Times bestseller 101 Things to Do…
Becky’s Book Reviews: 43. The Hobbit
43. The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937. 320 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, MG Fantasy, fantasy, classic] First sentence: …
Book Review: ‘More Everything Forever,’ by Adam Becker
MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity, by Adam Becker…
PRH, Authors Guild File Brief in Maryland Opt-Out Case
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments today in Mahmoud v. Taylor, Penguin Random House, the Authors…
The Illegals by Shaun Walker review – Russian spies hiding in plain sight | History books
One muggy afternoon in June 2010, Don Heathfield and his wife, Ann, were relaxing over a bottle of champagne with…
Carl Sagan Issues a Chilling Warning About the Decline of Scientific Thinking in America: Watch His Final Interview (1996)
Until the end of his life, Carl Sagan (1934–1996) continued doing what he did all along — popularizing science and…
Spaghetti Underground | Zoe Guttenplan
New York Transit Museum/MTA From left: the New York City subway map issued by the Metropolitan Transit Authority in 1972,…
The Serpent and the Wolf (Dark Inheritance Trilogy, #1) – Rebecca Robinson
Summary: All her life, Vaasa Kozár has been sharpened into a blade. She has now lost her mother — her…
39. Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping
39. Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (On A Dead Man). Jesse Q. Sutanto. 2025. 325 pages. [Source: Library] [4…
6 Inclusive Nonfiction Books for Kids and Teens
New titles explore LGBTQ+ history and activism and offer nonjudgmental guidance. Source link
‘You must read my diaries’: unlocking the private life of Edna O’Brien | Edna O’Brien
‘Sinéad, you must read my diaries. The most naked ones are in Emory College, Georgia.” This was a voicenote left…
What Is Kafkaesque?: The Philosophy of Franz Kafka
It’s difficult to imagine that there was ever a time without the word “Kafkaesque.” Yet the term would have meant…
The Apathetic Court | Duncan Hosie
James Broadnax spends nearly all his time alone, locked in a concrete cell in a remote corner of eastern Texas.…
Good Dirt – Charmaine Wilkerson
Summary: When ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard the gunshot, time stopped. And when she saw her brother, Baz, lying on the…
Becky’s Book Reviews: Week in Review #14
This week I reviewed six books. 34. Dead Happy (HappyHead #2) Josh Silver. 2024. [May] 416 pages. [Source: Library] [YA…
New Cave Canem Book Aims to Uplift Black Literary Organizations
Cave Canem, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering the careers of Black poets, has released Magnitude & Bond: A Field Study…
Scandal-hit creative writing website NaNoWriMo to close after 20 years | Books
NaNoWriMo, the US-based nonprofit organisation that challenged people to write a novel in a month, has announced it is closing…
The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity
Despite its status as one of the most widely known and studied epic poems of all time, Homer’s Iliad has…
In Trump’s Dragnet | Julia Preston
In Berwyn, Illinois, immigration officers arrested Julio Noriega as he was walking down the street and, without explanation, handcuffed him…
The Women – Kristin Hannah
March is National Women’s History Month (U.S.) and tomorrow (March 29, 2025) is Vietnam Veteran’s Day (US). This review seems…
33. Sunrise on the Reaping
33. Sunrise on the Reaping. Suzanne Collins. 2025. 382 pages. [Source: Library] [4 stars, YA dystopia, YA thriller, YA…