Review: American Dirt
Ignore the controversy. Ignore the writer’s background, ignore cancel culture, ignore the finger wagging, ignore the hindrances: Is American DirtContinue Reading
Tag: Books
Taking It Down Podcast – Episode 42 – Book Club Announcement, a Deep Dive into New Music: Springsteen, Wilco, Tom Petty; Finally, Talk about Dune
Get those pop culture questions all set and send them in! The guys from Taking It Down will answer anyContinue Reading
Fleishman Is In Trouble: A Review
Taffy Brodesser-Anker’s debut is wonderful!
Talking to Strangers? We’re Doing It Wrong
What happens when strangers meet? Ask Gladwell.
Taking It Down Podcast – Episode 13 – The Best Music and Books of the Decade, Plus the Watchmen Finale
Music, Books, and the Watchmen Finale! Goodbye, 2019!
Taking It Down Podcast – Episode 09 – Halloween and Horror
What makes something scary? Join us on Episode Nine to find out!
Sally Rooney’s Second Novel ‘Normal People’ Finds Beauty
Normal People, Sally Rooney’s second novel, doesn’t sound magical or special in summary: Connell is the popular high school boy,Continue Reading
The Dreamers: Like Sleep, Rich and Beautiful
How often is it that we hear, even from ourselves, the longing for more rest, more sleep? In my houseContinue Reading
Engaging and Concerning – A Review of Education: A Memoir
Two things strike immediate concern with Tara Westover’s highly lauded Educated: A Memoir: author J.D. Vance offers the first blurb on theContinue Reading
Review: The Electric Woman is a Memoir for the Ages
There’s a moment in Tessa Fontaine’s extraordinary memoir The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts where the owner of a sideshowContinue Reading
Book Review: Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime
Wow, does Ron Stallworth have a story. Lucky for readers, he divulges exactly how it all came to be inContinue Reading
Treeborne: An Amazing Debut
Treeborne is a novel that forebodes a future while prodding the past.
Review: Little Fires Everywhere
As a serious drama, Little Fires Everywhere has depth that works, but not to its full potential.
A Soothing Departure: ‘Exit West’
What does it mean to “be” from a place? ‘Exit West’ is a brilliant examination of that and more.
As Must-Reads Go, ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ is One of the Best
This isn’t just true crime.
