What a depressing book. From start-to-finish, I couldn’t wait to be done. Every turn of the page seemed to bring on a new horror. From squashed mice and executions gone terribly wrong, to evil-hearted characters and an unsatisfactory ending, there was plenty to be upset about. That said, Stephen King’s The Green Mile was no…
Category: Book Review
A Future Worth Living For
I am participating in the Cannonball Read 13, which you can learn more about here. I’ve committed to 26 book reviews — let’s see if I can pull that off. This review is currently featured on the home page. Enjoy! What a delightfully pleasant read. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig, offers a story filled…
When Breath Becomes Air
As a cancer patient, myself, I approached Paul Kalanithi’s book with a measure of caution. I knew I would enjoy the clinical stuff because that’s always interesting. But I was scared about the inevitable ending. I expected it to strike a particularly raw nerve, and it did.
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