Books High and Low

  I have mixed feelings about this first novel by Cameroonian author Imbolo Mbue. It started strong, with chapters alternating between Neni...

  Looking for a diversion from non-stop news watching, I borrowed this video from my library. I didn't know very much about Ansel Adams,...

  So You Want to Talk about Race was selected by my library's climate committee, which has held a number of discussions over Zoom about ...

  I am fond of reading accounts of others' reading habits and interests, so I was happy to find this book on my most recent foray to the...

  I enjoyed this novel about fictional Soviet dissident Baruch Kotler. As a young man in the Soviet Union, he was denounced by a close frien...

  Unbelievable that this book was published in 2019, and there are so many things that have happened since then. I would really like to know...

  I really enjoyed this collection of short stories by Stephen King. I've been a fan for a long time, but I don't pick up his works ...

  I have mixed feelings about this book. While it was a quick and engaging read, I couldn't help resenting that the author has no regret...

  This is a fascinating look at the legal system from one of the most prominent and well-known prosecutors in the U.S. It is a thoughtful an...

  I loved this book! It has been many years since I studied Greek mythology as an undergraduate, but this brought it all back to life for me...

  Andrew Cuomo's recent starring role during the COVID-19 pandemic piqued my curiosity about him, leading me to this warts-and-all unaut...

  I really enjoyed this short (196 page) novel by Jacqueline Woodson. It tells the story of multiple generations of one family. The context ...

  I was a little late in the game with this book, originally published in 2010, and updated in 2014. It's an in-depth look at the many e...

  I really enjoyed this detective story set in Venice, Italy, starring Commissario Guido Brunetti. Uniform Justice is the 12th in the serie...

I couldn't resist reading this memoir by Mary Trump, the daughter of Trump's older brother Fred. It's a slight book, at only 225...

The Calligrapher's Daughter is one of the best historical novels that I've read. It tells the story of Najin, born in Korea in 191...

I loved this 2016 novel by Louise Erdrich. It's a heart wrenching tale of two families after a hunting accident leaves a child dead. T...

I really enjoyed this narrative about reporter Jim Acosta's experiences following the Trump campaign and the first three years of his ...

The Good Liar. Great suspense. Killing Eve (seasons 2-3) Toni Erdmann . Touching German comedy. ...

Rocketman . I enjoyed this portrayal of Elton John's life, although it wasn't at all what I expected. The Goldfinc...

The Edge of Seventeen. Judy . Killing Eve (season 1) Bad Times at the El Royale. ...

The Handmaid's Tale (season 3) After the Wedding .

In his latest work, David Epstein delves into the differences between people who have deep knowledge in a narrow subject and those who hav...

I really enjoyed this novel by Terry McMillan. It's about Georgia, a twice-divorced optometrist in the Oakland area who learns of a lo...