Let's think about advertising. There are many horrifying parts to the Sackler history revealed in Patrick Radden Keefe's Empire of Pain. As a person old enough to remember television before direct to consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals, I blame the Sackler family for all those awful ads with side-by-side bathtubs.
Sifton's cookbook is inspiring, and also a fun cover-to-cover read.
Tasked with writing about a golf book for work, I was surprised to enjoy this audiobook. While Coyne travels in search of “the Great American Golf
Course,” he also ruminates about the future of golf, what makes a great course
or hole, the ties across generations created by the game, as well as the
changes in America since his newlywed parents first drove across the country
during the Korean War. He meets and golfs with an assortment of
interesting characters along the way. Fun listening, but it made me miss my
golfing father and championship golf enthusiast mom.
The late author's autobiography, allegedly for middle grade readers, is a fascinating, detailed story of a horrifyingly neglected childhood during and just after World War II. I recommend it to adult biography readers.
Spending time with Saunders exploring Russian short stories made me a better reader without that old English class feeling of having the story "spoiled."
Or, how to get the Texas lieutenant governor's undies in a bunch.
© 2013-2021 Nancy L. Ruder
No comments:
Post a Comment