Book review: A Paris All Your Own, edited by Eleanor Brown (Amazon / Book Depository) "My time in Paris was like no one else's ever." "In the end, I think Paris kept us married for an extra five years." "I should probably write an article for a women's magazine about this: 'Lose Weight While Eating... Continue Reading →
An American’s Insights into Russia, 1995-2005-2015
Book review: Bears in the Streets, by Lisa Dickey Amazon No fewer than six people in six different cities (and four different time zones) had informed me that this is what Americans think. "Bears in the streets," I realized, was the apparently ubiquitous shorthand for the Russians' feeling that the West doesn't take them seriously enough... Continue Reading →
Images of Apocalypse in the Everyday
Book review: The World is On Fire, by Joni Tevis Joni Tevis has a strange talent for writing essays that combine the most unlikely, unrelated subjects, skipping without any obvious connection between topics and somehow making it work as a coherent, emotional, interesting piece. I've never read anything quite like it before. As one example,... Continue Reading →
Lost is an OK State to Be In
Book review: All Over the Place, by Geraldine DeRuiter (Amazon / Book Depository) Geraldine deRuiter is the voice behind The Everywhereist, a funny, quirky travel blog. She started writing about her travels, and often her ineptitude in accomplishing them, after losing her job in the recession, thus freeing her up to accompany her husband, a workaholic SEO... Continue Reading →