Reading and Roaming
READING ROUND-UP. What follows are the mini reviews of all the books I’ve written about in the past three months. A friend suggested I aggregate them so here they are. Everything from Madoff to an advice columnist to a neglected author in nonfiction to several mysteries plus a host of novels from the most literary …
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FEELING GRATEFUL The Chief Penguin and I were extremely fortunate, lucky, actually. We endured an anxious 48 hours in New York as Hurricane Irma moved closer and closer to our coast and to the possibility of obliterating our stretch of paradise. But as Irma shifted eastward and the winds changed direction, we were the beneficiaries …
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LIGHT FARE With hurricane Irma on our minds and the strange anticipation of not knowing what its track will be—will we just get rain or will we be wiped out—it’s time for some diversion. Here are two recommended films, one fun, the other sobering, and two books, both easy on the brain. BIG SCREEN Dunkirk …
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It’s almost Labor Day and the unofficial end of summer. If you are off for holiday over the weekend or just home with some free hours, here are a couple of lighter books plus an engaging biography of a neglected writer who deserves more attention. What have you been reading this summer? I’d love to …
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