The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America’s Pastime alternately entertained, educated and enraged me. I love that authors Jason Turbow and Michael Duca were not afraid to name names. They told some great stories about some of the great rivalries in baseball — not just between teams, but between players. They explain the… Read more
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Keeping the Feast: One Couple’s Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy by Paula Butturini is just the sort of book I love…and just the sort of book I normally avoid. I love books about travel and Italy is high on my list of places that I absolutely must go. There’s a lot of food in this book and… Read more
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This Wednesday is devoted to my favorite new word: paraprosdokian. A friend posted this on a forum where we both hang out and it was so funny, I had to share it. A paraprosdokian is defined as a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.… Read more
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I had such high hopes for this book. It’s a good premise: a bitter white supremacist working with a Muslim sleeper cell to launch a bioterror attack on US soil. A CDC agent with a spotty past and one last chance to prove himself. A mysterious operative known only as Mr. Smith. It’s the backbone of a good book or… Read more
Here are some of the new additions to my bookshelf over the last few weeks: Palm Trees on the Hudson: A True Story of the Mob, Judy Garland & Interior Decoratingby Elliot Tiber: In April 1968, Elliot was hired to throw an elegant dinner party aboard a luxury yacht on the Hudson River. Included on the guest list were New… Read more