Thank you for visiting my blog. It focuses primarily on books I’ve read, some short stories, and topics of interest. This font is “Aleph,” interestingly enough. I like it.
Richard Powers
I read "Overstory," a few weeks ago because Chat suggested it as a comp for my novel. I immediately became depressed, but finished it and then started "Playground," which didn't cheer me up whatsover because all I could think was Why do I even try? As a writer, it is...
Anna Karenina
I can’t remember exactly why I started reading Anna Karenina because it was so long ago, but I am somewhat confident it was a reference to C.S. Lewis’s book about love or maybe the one about grief. It was my hard book. I try to read two books at the same time, an easy...
Long Bond Trading Strategy
My last financial post on 25 March Connecting the Dots could have been construed as a timing call, which wouldn’t be too far off base. As for myself, I’m over 26% YTD, but that post then (as clearly stated) was not to be considered financial advice then, and what...
My Friends
I loved this book. It's the first one I've read by Mr. Backman, but not the last. That's for sure. It's like John Irving, Wally Lamb, David Mitchel, Jennifer Egan, Michael Chabon, Hernan Diaz--if I see them on a shelf, I buy them. Which reminds me of "The Brief...