Category: 2016 Reading

February 12, 2016

Two if by Sea by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Two If by Sea by Jacquelyn Mitchard Simon & Schuster, March 2016 I read this book because the author is part of a panel I…
February 10, 2016

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel by John Irving William Morrow, 1989 I can’t believe it took me this long to get to this…
February 7, 2016

Return to Life by Jim B. Tucker, M.D.

Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives by Jim B. Tucker St. Martin’s Press, 2013 This book has been on…
February 4, 2016

The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin

The Forgetting Time: A Novel by Sharon Guskin Flatiron Books, February 2016 A couple of years ago, Dr. Jim B. Tucker of the Division…
February 1, 2016

Welcome to Christiania by Fred Leebron

Welcome to Christiania by Fred Leebron Outpost 19, February 2016 Fred Leebron, a former teacher of mine, is a genius. I don’t say that lightly….
January 31, 2016

Citizen by Claudia Rankine

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine Graywolf Press, 2014 This book, which is a collection of prose poetry and essays, strikes me as a…
January 30, 2016

The Other Side of Life by Andy Kutler

The Other Side of Life by Andy Kutler Neverland Publishing, 2015 I might not have come across this novel except that I’ve been asked to…
January 25, 2016

Paradise Drive by Rebecca Foust

Paradise Drive by Rebecca Foust Press 53, 2015 This book won the Press 53 Award for Poetry. A collection of modern sonnets, it explores the…
January 23, 2016

While the City Slept by Eli Sanders

While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man’s Descent into Madness by Eli Sanders Viking, February 2016 Eli Sanders won…
January 19, 2016

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie This stunning novel was published in 20o5, and somewhere along the way I acquired a signed…