I’ll say it: narratives can be over-rated.

I don’t think I’ve read a clearer book in message and execution before.

In lesser hands it would’ve been a drag, possibly unreadable.

A painstakingly researched marvel, Grann uncovers another long lost piece of history.

I’m not sure how I made it though this beautifully strange book without sobbing, but I did.

A welcome addition to the time travel catalogue of love (and insanely attractive book covers).

Math has a funny of generally being right, and in this case, comforting.

After a reading goal slump since 2019, I finally cracked the number I set all the way back in January.

This book came out of nowhere for me from an author I’d never heard of, but I’m paying attention now.

Willa Cather is the master of capturing Nebraska’s essence.

Hunger, violence, longing, and humor: a coming-of-age concoction that's an unexpectedly perfect blend.

Mayle sold us all a downright cozy dream.

“They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.”

Cormac McCarthy is proof that the rules for writing are only guidelines.

“God, how we get our fingers in each other’s clay.”

Grief is a go-to emotion for a reason.

This is an extensive look at the historic franchise, one we are still in the middle of somehow.

There’s something about reading “the best” of something that just feels exciting and as I dabble in my own writing, influential.

I imagine you could pick this or a number of other spy-thrillers at a bookstore (or more likely, an airport) and have the same experience.

A creative, novella-sized story from a talented writer exploring the experience of a coma patient. Or is it?