Arts grantmaker living in Austin, TX. Jazz, museums, pre-Kurtzman Star Trek, so forth and such as. Also in the fediverse at @5easypieces@social.coop.
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In his first novel, Dave Eggers has written a moving and hilarious tale of two …
Meh. Has some nice turns periodically, but can't help but feel pretty slight at the end of the day.
The novel begins in 1939 with the arrival of 19-year-old Josef "Joe" Kavalier as a …
This book rules hard.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimakidori Kuronikuru) is a novel published in 1994–1995 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The American …
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. …
Sad to say, this is the first book I've read in a long while in which the main character sounded suspiciously like me. Which pretty much made this an awesomely uncomfortable read.
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and …
One of my all-time favorite books, and easily one of the greatest biographical histories ever written. It's hard for me to walk anywhere in New York City without thinking of a passage from this book. Absolutely essential.
Completely altered my perspective on this whole idea, and yet, I've never felt compelled to re-read it. Klein makes her point almost too well; I felt somewhat bludgeoned by the end.
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a …
Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is …
I guess maybe this is kind of a slight Steinbeck novel, but still my favorite.
Slaughterhouse-Five, also known as The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction infused anti-war novel by Kurt …
Chaos: Making a New Science (1988)
Chaos: Making a New Science is a debut non-fiction book by James Gleick that initially introduced the principles and early …
Année 1984 en Océanie. 1984 ? C'est en tout cas ce qu'il semble à Winston, qui ne saurait toutefois en …
