Books High and Low

I really enjoyed this memoir by Flea, one of the founding members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It covers his childhood through the foundi...

The Thousandth Floor is set n 2118, in a Manhattan that has been built up into one enormous structure: a building that is 1,000 floors hi...

This is a fun look at the sexism that women often encounter on the job and how they might fight that sexism through a variety of strategie...

Homegoing was my book club's March pick. Unfortunately, the book club hasn't been able to meet since the COVID-19 crisis began and...

I've wanted to read this book ever since I saw Fiona Hill testify before Congress during the impeachment trial. I was impressed with h...

The Ghost Factory is one of the best novels I've read in a while. Set in Northern Ireland in the 1990s through the present day, it fol...

Other than the first book below, the rest of my reading this month was a stack of review copies of books that I got by attending either Bo...

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood . I thought this movie was too long and too slow. Definitely over-hyped. The Borgias (Seasons 1-3). I re...

Well-written historical novel that imagines what might have inspired Andrew Carnegie to give his fortune away to build libraries and insti...

Downton Abbey (Season 6). Downton Abbey (the film). Gosford Park . Shetland (Season 5) 15:17 to Paris ....

 This was an excellent detective story.  A modern twist on a female vampire. A cross between The Da Vinci Code and Raiders of the L...

Downton Abbey (seasons 1-5) Father Brown (seasons 5-6). Very entertaining to watch while on the treadmill. Interstellar . The M...

This was a very good first novel about the long term consequences of decisions made when young. This was my book ...

Mary Shelley. Motherless Brooklyn. Father Brown (season 4) Blackkklansman. ...

This was an incredibly thought-provoking book that I would recommend to anyone interested in racial or social justice. ...