( #MichaelChabon ) Over the years Michael Chabon has cemented himself as one of my favorite writers. His recent (and under-appreciated) book of essays “Manhood for Amateurs” resonated with me deeply. Chabon’s fictional work is equally outstanding and almost always extremely quirky. Quirky is the word that I would use to describe “The Yiddish Policeman’s […]
Read More Book Review: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon( #Zombies, #MaxBrooks ) This is a bit of a departure for me, because I read this book years ago. Actually, I read World War Z at least three times in the last few years, so that should tell you how much I liked it. The reason I am doing the review so late is […]
Read More Book Review: World War Z by Max Brooks( #Zombies, #ScottKenemore ) Frequent readers of this blog know that I have a thing for zombies. A few weeks ago, Amazon had a Kindle sale on a zombie book that I never heard of before called “Zombie, Ohio”. For a few dollars, I didn’t mind taking a risk. While reading, I could tell that […]
Read More Book Review: Zombie, Ohio by Scott Kenemore( #JeffreyEugenides, #MarriagePlot ) When I found out that Jeffrey Eugenides released another book, I was excited to read it. His previous novel, the Pulitzer Prize winning “Middlesex” was (obviously) very good, with rich character history and unique plot. “The Marriage Plot” is a much different book in tone and story than “Middlesex” and not […]
Read More Book Review: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides( #Reamde, #NealStephenson ) I finally finished the book that would not end yesterday. It has taken me almost 2 months to read Reamde (although I have read other books during this period too), but I got it done. What is the book about? I think this was Stephenson’s attempt to tell an epic fantasy […]
Read More Book Review: Neal Stephenson’s Reamde