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
I recently finished reading Jay Cole’s book, Things We Couldn’t Say. It’s a young adult novel, following up on the Cole’s debut novel, Tyler Johnson Was Here. And I should probably admit that I bought a copy of the book because I … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Vinod Busjeet’s novel, Silent Winds, Dry Seas. I found it while scrolling through the electronic library on my iPad and decided to borrow it because it fit a few key criteria. For one thing, it was available for … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Ron Carlson’s collection of short stories, A Kind of Flying. It was originally recommended to me, some years ago, by my brother, Jay (though he does not remember this). I remember really enjoying it the first time around. … Continue reading
It’s that time of the year for retrospection. After posting my Top Ten Songs of 2021, I’m moving on to a list of my favorite reading material. I’ve had the privilege to read sixteen books (and counting) over the course of … Continue reading