Category Archives: Reviews: Books, Movies, Music, TV

Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility is a compact, complex romp through time and space. Beginning in England, 1912, she sends Edwin St. John St. Andrew (no relation!) to Canada after he embarrasses his parents at a dinner party … Continue reading →

In Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood, three young New Zealanders and a middle-aged American billionaire have interwoven plans for a vacant ranch on the South Island, at the base of the (fictional) Korowai National Park. Mira Bunting, a 29-year-old horticultural student, founded a … Continue reading →

The Country of the Blind, by Andrew Leland, is the story of one man’s exploration for understanding as his vision slowly dwindles. Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) affects about 1 in 4,000 people. A genetic disorder, it results in the slow death of the … Continue reading →

Of course! I’d be happy to help you write a book review. To get started, could you provide me with some details about the book you read? Include the title, author, genre, and any specific aspects or themes you’d like … Continue reading →

Greg Jackson’s first novel, The Dimensions of a Cave, explores the nature of consciousness through Quentin Jones, a reporter for the Beacon (a stand-in for the Washington Post). He becomes entangled in the rabbit-hole of a government program known as VIRTUE. Initially created to … Continue reading →

A young couple cavorts through forest and meadow as spring erupts around them. Each has escaped England, and then together eloped from the Bay Colony, beyond barely civilized Springfield. So this must be mid-seventeenth century, in the Berkshires of Massacheusetts. … Continue reading →

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. That day is now celebrated as a national holiday in the United States of America.  Should you wonder why it’s worth commemorating a single individual … Continue reading →

Despite the hype, I do not believe this movie is about an unlikely savior of the universe of universes. Rather, it is an exploration of one woman’s struggle to maintain loving relationships with her daughter, husband, and father in the … Continue reading →

            Sally Rooney, in her third novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You?, follows three couples as they explore the nature of love and friendship in an atomized society. Eileen and Alice, college roommates in Dublin, are English majors whose lives rapidly diverged. … Continue reading →

In Tunnel 29, Helena Merriman weaves five stories into one gripping real-life page turner. Between August 12, 1961, and November 9, 1989, a wall divided Germany’s capital Berlin in two. Begun in the dark of night, within days it locked citizens … Continue reading →