This book is a kind of family history viewed from the lens of cultural history, or perhaps a cultural history viewed from the lens of family history.
Continue readingAncestor Trouble by Maud Newton
Author: Louise
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
I’m glad I got a chance to read it. There are a couple of caveats, though, that would make me hesitate to recommend reading it to everybody.
Continue readingTen Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly
This is a horror story, made all the worse because it was real.
Continue readingIndian-ish by Priya Krishna
I would recommend this cookbook to anyone who is interested in trying recipes for “Indian” food that are actually super accessible to home cooks on this side of the globe.
Continue readingMan’s Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl
It is possible that this book is the holotype example of a work that can be both horribly depressing and emotionally uplifting at the same time.
Continue readingPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
This is one of those children’s books that somehow continues to appeal to readers as they age, despite being written for a younger audience.
Continue readingCherry Bombe: The Cookbook ed. by Kerry Diamond & Claudia Wu
I would absolutely recommend this book to any home cook that is looking to experiment a little with something fun or unfamiliar, but not outrageously avant-garde or complicated.
Continue readingThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
It’s hard to describe the cognitive dissonance I felt when I had to take a break from a particularly depressing description of Kristallnacht, so I switched to NPR – only to find myself listening to a report on the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting.
Continue readingTropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Ew.
Continue readingThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
I already knew the basic storyline, and that it was one of the earliest popular science fiction stories ever published. But it’s not just a Victorian version of what we now think of as “portal” fiction.
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