The problem here is that it’s pretty clear early in the book what had actually happened (sorry for the vagueness, I don’t want to ruin it for anyone), which is a shame; Jackson’s first-person narration …

Parts of it haven’t dated well, I don’t think, and while I like the build, the ending is not my favorite — I got that inorganic “because I said so” feeling from it.   Still …

It’s a good read; it seems overly long for a true-crime book when you start it, but I can’t see where I would have cut it.   (In fact, I might have added to it; …

It’s excellent, both as a true crime account and as an overview of the birth of Mormonism (although I don’t imagine Mormons look too kindly on it, but it’s quite evenhanded).   Fast read, fascinating …

So gossipy and good; I loved it.   It’s all the best parts of Capote and that SNL oral history, and even when you aren’t sure what (or whom) they’re talking about, it’s very bitchy …

It’s a collection of Gould’s baseball writings over the years — and a disappointment as such.   He’s a wonderful writer, ordinarily, and I loved his contributions to the Ken Burns series, but because this …

I’d forgotten how funny it is — well, not funny, exactly, but witty.   I remember not liking it that much when I read it the first time, so it’s a surprise that it’s actually …

A good, worthwhile read, but sometimes a little much with the I Get It attitude…by which I mean that, sometimes, sportswriters will take it upon themselves to lecture the reader on attitudes about athletics and …

I found it for reasonably cheap (note: not cheap, just reasonably so given the difficulty in tracking it down) and read it in what seemed like no time; he’s such a natural, easy writer, and …

It’s very good writing, pretty but spare, not like I remember the movie at all.   It’s frustrating in spots, certainly, but if Wolff had had some sort of getting-it-together epiphany, it would have felt …