Category: Opinions

Book Review: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

If you haven’t already read Liu’s modern classic…why not??

April 9, 2024
Book Review: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

A fun romp through the town of Nollop–a fable and an exercise in lipogrammatic creativity all in one.

April 2, 2024
Book Review: Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

An excellent book on modern cults, from the mundane to the murderous. And there’s a podcast!

March 26, 2024
Book Review: Nottingham by Nathan Makaryk

Nottingham will be enjoyed by anyone who likes complex casts of characters and complex plots that treat the reader as intelligent–the comparison to Game of Thrones on the cover of my version is fairly earned.

April 17, 2023
Books Unbanned

Books Unbanned is a program by the Brooklyn Library that aims to help readers–primarily teens–access a wide variety of reading materials, with a special focus on titles that have been banned in an attempt to harm or silence minority groups.

March 30, 2023
Book Review: Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

I received an advanced reading copy of this book, lost it, then found it again recently — a confluence, one might say, with the events of the book itself.

February 23, 2023
Book Review: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Those looking for a character study or for chapters of fleshing out relationships will want to look elsewhere, but for those who want to be moved by the feeling of connection and the most human kind of depersonalization will love this book.

January 18, 2023
Movie Review: The Menu

Would I see The Menu again? Yes, Chef.

November 27, 2022
Let Librarians Do Their Jobs

The fact that these banned books spark so much controversial conversation is, for many, evidence of why they should not be restricted in the first place.

September 13, 2022