Daughter Number Three

I am deeply rankled when multiple people recommend a book to me — even highly recommend it — and then I don't like it. Especially if I d...

I mentioned a few days ago the need for some escapist reading . I decided to finally dive into the Cork O'Connor books by Saint Paul...

I just finished reading Camille Dungy's 2023 memoir Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden as part of a book group. I recommend...

When I wrote a few months ago about Heather Thompson's Atlantic article on the Bernie Goetz subway shooting , I didn't realize she ...

I got a copy of Annalee Newitz's novella Automatic Noodle not long after it came out late last summer, but then it sat on one of my sta...

I'm weird about books, I admit it. There are certain authors I've never read, who people who know me would think I would have read. ...

For quite some time — off and on since the Republican Party became the structural support for carrying out any delusion Donald Trump wishes ...

I'm fairly sure I never heard of Richard Scarry when I was growing up. I'm not sure why, but I never came across his books (which be...

Sometimes I think I'm not discriminating enough in my reading, especially of fiction. I tend to like most things I read. I can count on ...

Not too long ago, I finished reading Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our Media by Alec Karakatsanis. I saw Alec discuss the ...

I've just picked up my copy of Life After Cars , written by the "War on Cars" podcast hosts. They were also just guests on bot...

Seen at my favorite bookstore: These two books were being sold side-by-side. They are not related, nor are the covers made by the same illus...

I know I've had a lot of posts lately that are angry or may even seem despairing about our current situation.  Not coincidentally, I...

There was an op-ed in the Star Tribune today about the loneliness epidemic in the U.S. The writer was less alarmist than most, in the sens...

Family reunions often bring me into the middle of Wisconsin, and I like to check out the public library in the nearby towns. Often they'...

I almost poo-pooed reading Sarah Rose's book For All the Tea in China because I thought I knew the general story of how England sent a ...

A friend of a friend who's a studio photographer created this frame made out of books for a short-term project: My photo doesn't do ...

I recently read Amy Stewart's 2008 book Flower Confidential , about how things work in the commercial cut flower business. I can see why...

 I didn't set out to go to Independent Bookstore Day, and I wasn't thorough.  But I happened to be near Against the Current on Gr...

Attentive readers may have noticed that I listed Robert Caro's The Power Broker among the books I was currently reading for most of 202...