The strength of a long-lasting friendship shines through this beautiful tale – possibly the best book yet by Fredrik Backman. I’m not sure if there’s any author out there writing today that is better at capturing what it means to be human, than Fredrik Backman. I think I’ve said the same thing about Anne Tyler, Continue reading

I have been reading Anne Tyler books since the early 1980’s when a college professor had us read Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant for a modern lit class and I then went and found and read everything she’d written prior to that. You could call me a fan. She captures the extraordinary moments of ordinary people better Continue reading

At one time, Jay was a working artist in London. A graduate of a prominent London art school, he was heading toward greatness and everyone he knew seemed to have his path as a celebrated artist already paved for him. But now Jay is living out of a car in upstate New York, an undocumented Continue reading

Boyd Halverson has had enough.  Enough of just about everything. So Boyd, once a reputable and respected journalist turned online troll and failed retail manager, walks into the Community National Bank with his .38 Special and walks out with $81,000 and the bank teller. Now Boyd and the teller, Angie Bing, are on the run. Continue reading

A retirement home in Czechoslovakia with a very eccentric cast of characters is the setting for Harlequin’s Millions by Bohumil Hrabal. Everyone here has a story to tell, but the residents have been together long enough that they’ve heard each others’ stories many times. What’s left but die? But no one here, especially our narrator, is ready to Continue reading

Have you ever been curious about the process of making a major motion picture?  Why not read about, in fiction form, from a man who’s been on the inside for decades.  The story… A well-recognize and lauded movie director has taken on the task of adapting a 1970’s comic book into a major superhero movie. Continue reading

“The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.” – O Pioneers! by Willa Cather  I first encountered Willa Cather’s work when I was in college and we read My Antonia for a modern lit class. I was impressed with the writing, but I never read anything else by Cather … until now. Continue reading