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Here I Am Author: Jonathan Safran Foer John Updike.  Philip Roth.  Peter Taylor.  Alice Munro.  Jonathan Safran Foer Writers who gift us with families who thrum within their own family universe, then bounce back to us like an echo. I adore Jonathan Foer.  Eating Animals enchanted and mesmerized me. Timeframe:  One month.  Location:  Washington D.C., Israel Characters: The Bloch family, Jacob, Julia, Sam, Max, Benjy and the Israeli cousin, Tamir, Irv, the granda, Deborah, the grandma, ... continue reading...

Prodigals Stories by Greg Jackson With declaratory language succinct as to appear insouciant, Greg Jackson thrusts us into his inner worlds in Prodigals. The first short story, Wagner in the Desert, seems to be semi-autobiographical and tells the tale of a mélange of friends partying as hard as they can and discovering mystical things out of the ordinary. Sometimes, however, the characters posture too much and Jackson’s language slows the action to a complete halt as we titillate over a ... continue reading...

Aliens The World’s Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Edited and with an Introduction by Jim Al-Khalili I believe that we all have some instinct or thoughts on extraterrestrial life, especially with media movies such as E.T. and other alien movies that capture our imagination.  Roswell has long been a byword in extraterrestrial fiction.  This book is a compendium of essays discussing and informing about alien life, whether it exists, whether on another galaxy, and all ... continue reading...

  Unbroken Brain (A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction) Author: Naia Szalavitz Almost everyone I know has a family member – or is themselves – suffering from addiction of one kind or another.  When I started reading Unbroken Brain, I felt instant relief, for instead of therapy or compulsion, Szalavitz defines addiction as a developmental disorder; i.e., a learning disorder.  Written with elegance and frankness, Szalavitz offers her own history with addictions inside her fact ... continue reading...