Lord of the Flies
I’ll be honest. I really don’t read for pleasure. The majority of the books I have read have been the result of four years of high school English class and a few more years of English classes at Oswego State….
The Mind’s Eye
Oliver Sacks, widely known for his 1985 book “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” is by far one of the best writers to deal with neurology. You might stop and think, who wants to read a book…
The Talisman
Sometimes when you encounter a truly great example of a certain artistic medium, you are immediately aware of its greatness, and it leaves a powerful impression that does not fade. I felt that way the first time I saw “Goodfellas,”…
Moneyball
Baseball is a sport where the offseason has nearly the same amount of significance as the regular season. Teams are built through free agency and trades, and every year baseball fans hope and pray that their favorite team will sign…
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Comic books can be an immersive art form. Readers can dive into an entire universe, filled with characters and ideas that can’t be fully grasped in reality. So it makes sense that Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Amazing…
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King has become well-known in the literary world for two things: creating realistic, believable, and down-to-earth characters, and putting said characters into horrific situations (some of which may or may not involve a killer alien clown). While King talks…
I Feel Bad About My Neck, and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
While I’ll admit that I am certainly outside the target demographic for this tome (not being one of these ‘women’ referred to in the subtitle), it remains one of my favorite books. Nora Ephron writes with a breezy pace and…
