2
Sep
2009
The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri
This is one of those books where when you finish it, you close, sigh, and say to yourself, “what a good book.”
24
Jun
2009
The Chess Artist by J.C. Hallman
My brother-in-law bought this book thinking it was a guide to playing chess. He wasn’t wrong, per se. It is about chess, about chess theory, about different moves, with fantastical sounding names. And while you might pick up some new mad skillz, you’d have to be a far better chess player than I, who knows only how to castle and walk the pieces, in order to do so.
28
Apr
2009
Pagan Spain by Richard Wright
Part of what gives Richard Wrights portrayal of Franco’s Spain, is the fact, prevalent in most of his work, that he’s black. The Spaniards don’t seem to care that much about that fact (fascists though they may be). Then again, it seems like Europeans didn’t care about a lot of things that weighed down America, and that’s why so many writers fled there during the first half of the 20th century.
