It took me a while to get used to a protagonist who is a first class jerk. But the futuristic set-up, supporting characters, and numerous plot twists kept me listening and held my interest.
Continue readingFuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
Author Archives → Kevin Holtsberry
When We Were Lost by Kevin Wignall
All in all, it was an enjoyable read. Adventure, mystery, danger, and teenage angst and personalities all play a role. Wignall’s butterfly effect intro and outro even give it a philosophical spin.
Continue readingYou Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann
It builds the tension quite well and hooks the reader’s interest a burst of intensity and then has a sort of melancholy tragic ending. If you are looking for a creepy unsettling read with a literary touch, this would be a good choice.
Continue readingThe Passengers by John Marrs
This book has Hollywood action flick written all over it. It is a unique combination of philosophical/moral conundrums and action. Lots of twists and turns and a plot that keeps you guessing
Continue readingThe Extraordinary Colors of Auden Dare by Zillah Bethell
An enjoyable middle grade novel, if a little thin in the world building. But perhaps that is the age/genre. Would recommend for young readers.
Continue readingThe Test by Sylvain Neuvel
Despite its disturbing nature, its strong characters, thought provoking and suspenseful plot, and unexpected ending make it a worthwhile read. A novella that packs a punch in a few words.
Continue readingAngle Catbird (Volume 1) by Margaret Atwood (Author), Johnnie Christmas (Illustrator
A famous literary author creates a very weird and paint-by-numbers comic/graphic novel. Well done illustrations can’t save this one.
Continue readingLayover by David Bell
I will admit to being a fickle reader these days. My life has been rather crazy at the last four months or so, more anon on that perhaps, and so my mood seems to change regularly. Sometimes I am reading serious nonfiction, sometimes literary fiction but at other times what I really need is something… Continue reading
Where the post-liberals have a point is that humans are happiest in communities, families and institutions of faith. The solution to the culture wars is to allow more freedom for these “little platoons” of civil society from which people draw a sense of meaning and belonging. If Sacramento wants Drag Queen Story Hour, so be it. If some other community holds a socially conservative version of the same, that’s fine too.
What America needs is less talk of national unity — from the left or the right — and more freedom to let people live the way they want to live, not just as individuals, but as members of local communities. We don’t need to move past liberalism, we need to return to it.
Jonah Goldberg