Nuclear War: A scenario
I could have read this a few weeks ago but I had a backlog on my nightstand and paused electronic delivery from the library. It finally came back in during…
This Strange Eventful History
Messud's account of four generations of pied-noir family has a big reveal at the very end that is well worth the (slight) effort it takes to make it to the conclusion.…
Back on the bike
After driving 4,000 kms, with way too much stressful inner city freeway driving in the big US cities, it was great to hit the road on my bike finally. I…
Cue the Sun!
I enjoyed Emily Nussbaum's Cue the Sun! as a bit of summer fluff. It could have been a much more academic work and was occasionally frustrating in missing some low-hanging fruit.…
Detroit QLine
Nat and I are on vacation so a little less content than usual, but I wanted to jot down some quick thoughts about Detroit's Q-Line. Our hotel is a little…
Kairos
I've never read 50 Shades of Grey, but I imagine that if you replaced Christian with a puppet totalitarian state, threw in a bunch of German philosophy, political science and art,…
The Art of Vanishing
I'm still coming to grips with fully appreciating the implications of Lynne Kutsukake's The Art of Vanishing, a page-turner that explores the relationship of art to sense of self and…
Our Moon
Rebecca Boyle's Our Moon was a great summer non-fiction read, neither too shallow nor too deep, exploring humanity's (and the planet's) relationship with our moon. Her journalist's touch kept the…
July 11 tourist-y run to NU
This will probably go down as one of the nicest days of the year! Yesterday I needed coffee beans along with my morning paper so took the long way over…
How To Build a Boat / Eyeliner catch-up
I'm largely out of the office these days so starting to pile up some book challenge numbers - so tonight I'm doing a twofer catch-up.Elaine Feeney's How To Build a…
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