I recently finished reading Khaled Hosseini’s novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. A friend recommended the book to me a couple of months back, but I honestly can’t remember who it was! Part of that forgetfulness is because it took so long … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Alan Gratz’s novel, Prisoner B-3087. It was recommended to me by my son, Cor. He’s recently become interested in the history of the Second World War, much like I was at his age. And when he told … Continue reading
I recently finished reading China Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart. It was recommended to me by a friend and faithful H2O Intern named Tanner. Her recommendation came the day after I finished reading Danielle Daniel’s Daughters of the Deer. I was … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Danielle Daniel’s novel, Daughters of the Deer. I have a vague memory of hearing about it through the recommendation of an Instagram friend, though I can no longer remember who. The recommendation just happened to come at … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Penelope Wilcock’s book, Remember Me. It’s the sixth book in The Hawk and the Dove series. I started reading this series in February of 2021, after they were recommended to me by my friend Jason and purchased for me as … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Andrew Sean Greer’s novel, Less. It was a recommendation from my brother, Alex. I asked him if he knew any particularly interesting books from the LGBT Community. And I actually would have started reading it back in … Continue reading
I recently finished reading David Sedaris’s collection of short stories, The Best of Me. I decided to give it a try towards the end of June, Pride Month, because I wanted to read something by an author from the LGBT … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Larry McMurtry’s Western, Lonesome Dove. And believe it or not: I’d never actually read a Western before! Furthermore, I’m a slow enough reader that I generally shy away from books that are around a thousand pages, like this … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Emma Donoghue’s novel, The Wonder. It’s a work of historical fiction, set in 19th Century Ireland. The author says the book was ”inspired by almost fifty cases of so-called Fasting Girls — hailed for surviving without food for … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Wendell Berry’s novel, The Memory of Old Jack. It’s another installment in his series of fictional stories of fictional people of a fictional town called Port William, Kentucky. But I rarely encounter characters and places as real as … Continue reading