Balancing Frogs

Since the beginning of May it seems I have read four complete novels, all of them existing in very different areas of a large, amorphously d...

  Taiwan: A New History (Expanded Edition) Edited by Murray A. Rubinstein This is a collection of seventeen articles on the history of Taiwa...

I am reviving these little book blurbs, because I need something to hold myself accountable to my intention to read more and read faster... ...

I’ve fallen out of the habit of writing about fiction I’ve recently read. I don’t know why -- there is no coronavirus-related reason. But I’...

A New Illustrated History of Taiwan by Wan-yao Chou, translated by Carole Plackitt and Tim Casey Looking for a good, easy-to-re...

Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson, 2018 Fred Fredericks is an American engineer who travels to the moon in the year 2047 and soon...