Books I Read in 2024
January 2024The Best Short Stories - The O'Henry Prize Winners eds. Lauren Groff and Jenny Milton Quigley
- Collection of stories: some good, a few even better.
- A masterpiece. History writing at its finest.
- Dig some real cool baby boomer nostalgia, up close and personal - a real page turner from a very involved insider.
- Very fine, sensitive, delicious stories. 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award winner.
- Authentic characters deal with family dysfunction. Well done.
Two Nurses, Smoking David Means
- Collection of great stories by a master.
- Beautiful, heartbreaking piece, based on the tragic Malaga Island story. Shortlisted for the 2023 Man Booker.
- Brilliant. The Irish 'Troubles' of circa 1920 as lived by WWI Major Archer and associates at the dying Majestic Hotel. At once hilarious and heartbreaking. Winner of he Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Lost Man Booker Prize.
- Misadventures of seventeen year old rather impulsive young lady runaway.
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers - Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents
Lisa Damour, Ph.D.
- Valuable guide for parents and teens. Lots of practical suggestions.
- Memoir. Newly divorced, new Mom. True and deep. Good stuff.
- Profoundly moving. Gripping page turner. Essential read for our time. Booker Prize winner, 2023.
- Fine, entertaining review and analysis of selected cancel culture attacks. Recommended reading.
- Review of the colorful history of copyright, now a multi-billion dollar enterprise. "Copyright is an edifice of words resting on a complicated string of metaphors and double meanings." We can to do better.
Books I Read, by Year:
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