Any Good Books/Mixed Reviews

Mainly book reviews, mainly non-fiction, mainly positive; also including the occasional local concert, the occasional novel, the occasional outraged pan.

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Let Me Tell You What I Mean

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Let Me Tell You What I Mean Joan Didion (Vintage, 2021) Some writers, and I think Joan Didion is one of them, ought never...

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine

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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine Gail Honeyman (2017; Penguin, 2018) I was raised with this lesson in perspective, presented a...

Monday, June 30, 2025

The Shakespeare Wars

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A ny Good Books, J uly 2025 The Shakespeare Wars: Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascos, Palace Coups Ron Rosenbaum (2006, ...

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Recitatif

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Recitatif: A Story Toni Morrison (1983. Knopf edition, with a forward by Zadie Smith, 2022.) Toni Morrison’s only short story is the ...

Friday, May 2, 2025

Ricordo’s Dream

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R icordo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray Nat Dyer (2025, Bristol University Press) In my second y...

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