Derek Boemler№13: CommonwealthAnn Patchett’s Commonwealth was immaculate. The book spans the course of 50 some-odd years in a somewhat nonlinear narrative, but it never…Feb 3, 2017Feb 3, 2017
Derek Boemler№12: The Reason I JumpThis has been on my to-read list for a while, so I was glad to finally work my way through it this morning. Interesting account from an…Jan 23, 2017Jan 23, 2017
Derek Boemler№11: A Tale for the Time BeingThere was a time not too long ago when I was growing really tired of split narratives. It was hard not to be completely drawn in by Ozeki’s…Jan 23, 2017Jan 23, 2017
Derek Boemler№10: We Should All Be FeministsThis should go on the list along with Coates’ Between the World and Me for require reading for being alive in 2017.Jan 23, 2017Jan 23, 2017
Derek Boemler№9: Swing TimeSwing Time joins Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad(№5) on my list of critically-acclaimed books from 2016 that, while still very…Jan 23, 2017Jan 23, 2017
Derek Boemler№8: Your Voice, an Inside ViewScott McCoy’s excellent book on vocal science and pedagogy has become the go-to text for many pedagogy courses, and for good reason. He…Jan 16, 2017Jan 16, 2017
Derek Boemler№7: The Master and MargaritaSatire. Celebrated Russian prose. A rotating cast of characters more numerous than Tolkien’s. The actual devil. A less-than-satisfying…Jan 13, 2017Jan 13, 2017
Derek Boemler№6: The VegetarianHan Kang’s The Vegetarian was exquisite. It tells the story of a woman, Yeong-Hye, as seen through the eyes of her husband, her…Jan 12, 2017Jan 12, 2017
Derek Boemler№5: The Underground RailroadBeing that I tend to stick to year’s end best-of lists, lists of award-winners, curated lists from writers and readers I respect, etc., it…Jan 9, 2017Jan 9, 2017
Derek Boemler№4: The Man in the High CastleAfter having seen the first and nearly all of the second season of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle (and enjoying it immensely), I…Jan 6, 2017Jan 6, 2017
