TERRORTOME! By Garth Marenghi

Well, I was totally late to the Marenghi train. Terrortome came up on a random “suggested for you” list curated … More

Dave Barry’s ‘Class Clown’: A Journey Through His Hilarious New Memoir

I have been a fan of Dave Barry’s since middle school. I own just about all of his books, many … More

BLOODLANDS: Six Amazon Original Stories by Harold Schechter

Harold Schechter is a great voice in modern true crime narratives. Professor Emeritus of literature and pop culture at Queens … More

A Year’s Comedy Romp, 2024

I had the pleasure of making my way through a collection of books I found on a March 14, 2024 … More

Pure Hope Itself: The Indomitable Life and Death of Alexei Navalny

This book devastated me. I read three-quarters of it sitting in the hospital while my youngest was being checked out … More

“The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.” Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin is easily my favorite read of the year. This was one of those … More

In Cold Blood, Capote’s Invention of A Genre

This is one of those classics that I never read but had to pick up and learn quickly because it … More

Seeing the Impossible through The Eyes of Dave Eggers’ Johannes

This was easily my favorite book of my 2024 year of reading, and coming from one of my favorite writers … More

Enjoying the Grateful Life: Rea’s Death Wins A Goldfish and Miyakoshi’s Little Shrew

I don’t often review children’s books unless some striking, unusual, or cutting-edge elements to it blow me away. While that … More

Reading Through Anne Ernaux’s Nobel

Over the past year or so, I made my way through a big portion of Anne Ernaux’s writing in translation. … More