Book Reviews & The Written Word
Without the Written Word, books wouldn't even exist.
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There is something special about hearing a piece of writing exactly the way the author intended it to sound. That is not to say that all Englishmen sound the same (even though, admit it, they kind of do), but Ralph Fienne’s renditions of Rudyard Kipling’s most famous stories and tales add whatever the British version [...]
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It’s hard to give a book a bad review when the book’s Author Relations Representative flatters you by requesting a pre-release book review. It’s even harder to give a book a bad review when the book comes in the mail with a corresponding swag T-shirt, even if said T-shirt is an XXL and therefore unwearable. [...]
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For a book that could have been the Holy Grail for wordies everywhere, Emily Arsenault’s The Broken Teaglass was a let down. The setting for a brilliant mystery novel is there: an intriguing job, a saucy love interest, an unsolved murder, creepy neighbors – books greater than you and me have been built on a [...]
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The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Problem of His Time Here’s the problem: Using the sky and simple instruments, ship’s captains of the 18th century could determine fairly accurately how far north or south of the equator their ships were positioned (the latitude). The sky provided few useful clues, however, [...]
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