Five Books: I Enjoyed But Didn’t Review

I read a lot more books than I review. There are many reasons I choose not to talk about a book on this blog.  Time is the obvious one. I read seventy-seven books last year; even if I did this full-time, I couldn't write that many reviews.  Another might be that I didn't enjoy the …

Book Review: The Gospel of the Eels

Don't let the subject or non-fiction part intimidate you. This book is so much more than a dry textbook about eels. It tells a sprawling, thoughtful, philosophical, provocative, and emotional story.

Five Books I’m Decluttering

Although I love books, I'm fairly unsentimental and declutter mine regularly. With the exception of a few special ones from my childhood, I seldom get attached to a specific edition. Of course, there are novels that I always have a copy of: The Lord of the Rings, The Dark is Rising Sequence and others. But if a new, …