I’ve already tweeted this twice, but for those of you who don’t have Twitter, you must go see this play if you’re local. The playwright is David Auburn, a University of Chicago grad, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama…
Book Review: A Visit from the Goon Squad
I finished reading Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer-prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad which was a book club pick. This book is splendiferous. That’s my new word for 2012. Splendiferous which comes from the Latin splendor and ferre which means to…
Book Reviews: Gilead and Blood, Bones, and Butter
Since I’ve got book club tonight, how about talking about two of the books I’ve read recently. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Not sure why because I couldn’t finish the book out of sheer boredom. Rarely…