Book Review: Wade in the Water, Tracy K. Smith Poetry: Wade in the Water, Tracy K. Smith Tracy K. Smith is the Poet Laureate of the United States. Her 2018 collection of poems Wade in the Water is her first collection since earning that distinction. The title poem of Wade in the Water tells a story: […]
Month: August 2018
2018 Hugo Awards, Dave Marvin
2018 Hugo Awards Dave Marvin 2018 Hugo Awards, Dave Marvin Starting a book blog has been an unexpected journey in many regards. As readers, as fans, we have long admired authors. Some people go for rockstars, some go for movie stars, but for us, authors are the people who capture our imaginations and inspire our […]
Book Review: Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America, William H. Frey
Book Review: Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America, William H. Frey Nonfiction: Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America, William H. Frey Diversity Explosion was written in 2014, and in just four years it is fascinating to see both how prescient the book is and how premature some of its optimism appears. […]
Book Review: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, Steve Brusatte
Book Review: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World, Steve Brusatte Nonfiction: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, Steve Brusatte Most little kids love dinosaurs. I know I did. I read about them. I had dinosaur toys. I had posters in my bedroom, one showing a timeline of the […]
Book Review: Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth, Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans
Book Review: Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth, Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans Nonfiction Science: Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth, Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans The premise of Evolving Ourselves is simple. Human evolution has not stopped. It has accelerated. We are […]
Book Review: Cave of Bones, Anne Hillerman
Book Review: Cave of Bones, Anne Hillerman Mystery: Cave of Bones, Anne Hillerman Cave of Bones is the fourth novel by Anne Hillerman set in the Dinetah, the homeland of the Navajo people. Continuing with characters established by her late father, Tony Hillerman, Anne Hillerman succeeds in making this series her own. Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee are […]
Book Review: Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward
Book Review: Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward Fiction: Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward Sing, Unburied, Sing is a deep, complex, layered book that follows a family through Mississippi and through some terrible events. Jojo is just a boy. He lives with his grandparents, Pop and Mam, and his little sister, Kayla. His mother, Leonie, lives […]
Book Review: Head On, John Scalzi
Book Review: Head On, John Scalzi Science Fiction/Mystery: Head On, John Scalzi Fans of John Scalzi’s previous novel Lock In will be delighted with this 2017 sequel. Head On features the return of FBI agent Chris Shane, his partner Leslie Vann, and the world of the “Hadens,” people who have survived a usually fatal illness only […]
Book Review: The Prodigal Tongue, Lynne Murphy
Book Review: The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between British and American English, Lynne Murphy Nonfiction: The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between British and American English, Lynne Murphy The Prodigal Tongue is one of the funniest books I have read in a long, long time! Lynne Murphy writes with her own (prodigal?) tongue planted firmly in […]