

Beginners, Tom Vanderbilt
. It’s a book about beginning again… to learn, and keep learning. It’s not a how to do book as much as a why to do book. It’s less about...


My Southern Journey, Rick Bragg
Another excellent short story collection from Bragg… he writes of the South in a way beyond cliches, and pulls his writings from...


The Discomfort Zone, Jonathan Franzen
Short stories on his life as a child to an adult that weave back and forth. Two Ponies on the life of Charles Schulz, creator of...


Freedom, Jonathan Franzen
I told you I was getting on a Franzen reading kick and it continues with this long novel on the Berglund family. From the voice of Patty...


Antifragile, Nassim Taleb
Taleb’s philosophical book that discusses the evolution of the antifragile system; what happens when we starve systems; the asymmetry of...


The StoryTeller, Dave Grohl
How did Dave, everyone knows of Dave, a local boy of NOVA spend his time during lockdown? By writing a book. The man always has to be...


Bourdain, The Definitive Oral Biography, Laurie Woolever
If you enjoyed Bourdain – his writings, his shows… this is a book you must take hold of, ingest, reflect, and breath in. No, it’s not the...


How to be Alone, Jonathan Franzen
I’ve heard he was the second coming (or third, or fourth) for years and now, yes, I have seen the light. I’m a believer, I’m a devotee,...


Flamin’ Hot, Richard Montanez
I don’t know why I picked this book up really. The title is asinine, the leadership advice is recycled, his action plans banal and...


Everything’s Eventual, Stephen King
Another book of short stories that aren’t his best work, but there are a few gems in there. More on the side of horror… which is fine…...