Book Report (Page 2)

A little over-long and short on insight, but still a worthy read… Read more…

This is more than a Biography (although it is a good one of those). It is an engrossing investigation into the state of and process of modern science… Read more…

This autobiography is co-authored by Gina Smith, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’m sure Smith did major work to make this into a cohesive story. But she also left Wozniak’s distinctive voice entirely intact… Read more…

So much better than I expected… Read more…

This is a beautifully imagined, wholly original love letter to Lagos, Nigeria in the form of a science fiction alien invasion story… Read more…

I have an affinity for stories like this. Before there was some huge multi-billion dollar industry operated out of boardrooms with massive glitzy ad campaigns and fortune 500 branding deals, there were a few wild, passionate, brilliant people in a dingy room somewhere… Read more…

I don’t think I need to explain why this book is worth reading. Every human being should reat it more than once. Read more…

I feel like this line captures the vibe of this whole book: “I barely knew how to receive the sweetness of it.” Read more…

This book hit my sweet spot. It taught me many things I did not know, deepened my understanding of many things I sort-of-vaguely-knew, and refuted some things I thought I knew to be true… Read more…

It looked right down my alley and I really enjoyed it… Read more…

I’ve been a fan of Maggie Smith’s poetry—like so many people—since I first discovered her when her poem Good Bones went “viral”… Read more…

When I read an excerpt in The Atlantic I knew I had to read this book… Read more…

This book is a little slow and the plot is thin, but it is some of Le Guin’s most beautiful and thoughtful prose… Read more…

I’m not sure why I had never read this book. I heard Stephenson in an interview discussing the 30th anniversary of its publication and decided it was time. I’m so glad I did… Read more…

This book definitely didn’t disappoint. As you would expect it is beautifully and thoughtfully written… Read more…

I don’t have much to say about it. It’s a book about recreational drugs aimed at teens… Read more…

Dare I say it? This book is a little boring… Read more…

I grabbed this to listen to on a long drive with my wife. It’s a moving story, with a steady plot… Read more…

Marie Bashkirtsef painted one of my all-time favorite portraits. She also plays a role in one of my all-time favorite memoirs… Read more…

I’ve only read a little Gibson, but I love his imaginative future-tech worlds. And I especially love his inventive use of language… Read more…

A remarkable book that everyone should read… Read more…

I enjoyed every page. For me it strikes the right balance… Read more…

I’ve read Gaiman’s wonderful retelling of classic Norse myth at least twice before… Read more…

Zweig is a genius and this little gem is funny, sweet, and devious… Read more…

This is not so much a book as a collection of images and ideas that somehow, against all odds, condense into something deeply thought-provoking… Read more…

Is this the first time McCarthy has given us a female protagonist? I’m not sure… Read more…

This book is a minor miracle. It is just as beautiful and introspective as McCarthy’s best books, with fewer pretensions… Read more…

This book came so highly recommended from a friend that I suppose my expectations were out of whack… Read more…

This was a quick re-read after watching the Amazon television show… Read more…

It’s hard to overstate how excellent this book is… Read more…

It is, on its own, a perfect thing. Just read it… Read more…

My daughter was on a Ramona audiobook binge. Every time we talked she was telling me this thing or that about Ramona Quimby, and it got me nostalgic… Read more…

Tagore’s Gitanjali may be my favorite book of poetry. His short stories are also wonderful… Read more…

Poetry is just about the only kind of book I prefer to read in print (vs. ebook)… Read more…

Emily Dickinson said she knows something is poetry when “I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off.” I’m not sure what that meant to her, but I think I recognize the feel of it… Read more…

My daughter’s girlfriend told me she read Shirley Jackson as a young teen, and she instantly became her favorite author… Read more…

This was recommended by my oldest child Isabel. It is a beautifully written introspective story… Read more…

Kantor is an impeccable writer and this book is beautifully constructed. But it veers waaaaay too close to white southern apologia to be excusable… Read more…

I’ve read this book a dozen times… Read more…

My daughter’s gilrfriend is reading this for the first time, and it got me amped up to re-read it myself. There’s a special place in my heart reserved… Read more…

I read Elizabeth Bear’s wonderful short story Thanksgiving and immediately fell in love with it. So I decided to read one of her books… Read more…

This book shot straight onto my favorite books list. It is a fictional story based on historical events: it tells the story of Jesuit missionaries operating under intense government persecution in 17th century Japan… Read more…

This is a periodic re-read for me. A much harder book to grok on first reading that McCarthy’s more straight-forward Border Trilogy, but an even better book. Read more…

I heard John Keane interviewed about this book of poetry and ordered it right away. Read more…

Augustus is a perfectly written, surprisingly moving epistolary novel about the life of Caesar Augustus. Williams pulls off a magic trick here… Read more…

This book is every bit as good as you’ve probably heard. Original, engaging, and deeply moving… Read more…

My child Isabel was obsessed with these books as a pre-teen… Read more…

Kratzer posted to twitter about this labor of love. A self-published encyclopedia of such a wonderfully minutely massive subject… Read more…