David Given Schwarm

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell My rating: 4 of 5 stars I likely enjoyed this more than I should have. I mean, the end really left me feeling blown away even though it should have been predictable. Somehow I did not see it coming and really enjoyed this. The characters are clever, things more quickly, the…

Inline at the Lost Bean this morning the construction worker picking up $29.20 in coffee and frittata mentioned that the closing of Barnes & Noble had entered the final stage–the dumping of books. Reading on the value of honesty and absurdity had preceded this. I get in the car and drive off. Halfway down the…

Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting talk—real straight talk about souls, for life, is holy and every moment is precious.