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Whew! 2019 was a heckuva decade. Good thing I had some books around to read. Here are my favorite books that *I* read this year (not that came out this year). It’s hard for me to find time to read. I have a job. Two kids. A side hustle. Three kids, actually, if you count … Read more
The thing that annoys me the most about the conversations around reparations (and there are other, minor annoyances, believe me) is that the talk remains centered around money and property. When I read Ta-nehesi Coates’ essay for The Atlantic “A Case for Reparations” — and if you are a resident of America and haven’t read … Read more
It took a few months, but I finally finished Alexander Chee’s “Queen of the Night” and it was worth every penny of that overdue penalty from the library. OK, seriously, I have never read a book that had me so anxious at the end. I realized I was holding my breath! No spoilers I guess, … Read more
It’s time to dust this blog off! Looking back at my previous entries, it looks like I dropped off “The West Wing.” I had been watching it, but man, between the 9/11 episode to start the third season and Mrs. Landingham dying at the end of season 2, I needed a break. I was watching … Read more
(Cross-posting from my tennis blog, as I do when something is at the forefront of my mind) I haven’t been posting much lately, and that’s because I’ve been dealing with family issues. I thought, even against all the evidence I had to the contrary, that at some point, the weight of the responsibility of caring … Read more
“They say African Americans have to be twice as good, especially women. I’m perfectly OK with having to be twice as good.” Serena Williams said that. I’ve been thinking about it a lot this month, and it’s part of the reason I got mad with her at the U.S. Open. You don’t set your standards … Read more
Recently, I tried an experiment based on a simple question: Would my favorite authors as a teen/young adult stand the test of time? Would I still think these writers were any good? I was just curious. So at the library, I searched for books from one of my favorite horror books from back in the … Read more
This weekend, again, I decided to stay off Twitter, and binge The West Wing instead. (It’s now overdue again from the library. I should have just given them $10 when I picked it up.) Sometime on Saturday night, and on my (third) (??) glass of wine, I started watching the episode called “The Drop-In,” followed … Read more
The last few weeks have been tough. You could make the argument that all the weeks have been tough since the presidential election. But lately, Donald Trump had apparently taken his meds and flushed them down the toilet, then taken the toilet and had it demolished. Then there was the mass shooting in Las Vegas … Read more
I like to think of myself as someone who is open to all styles and authors and viewpoints. Having said that, I also decided some years ago that I would bail out of a book if it wasn’t worth it. There is not exactly a scientific approach to arriving to the idea that the book … Read more