Shelf Reflections

Revisiting World War Z

This classic of zombie apocalypse literature is back in the news, as Ali Velshi from MSNBC has featured it on[…]

Today is the 81st anniversary of D-Day. Few remain who participated in that historic operation, but they–and all of the[…]

It’s time for me to engage in one of my infrequent rants. And maybe it’s not even really a rant[…]

Today is World Aquatic Animal Day, so to celebrate, I’m featuring a couple of great books about the denizens of[…]

Queen Elizabeth I, the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty, died on this day in 1603. She was succeeded by[…]

Summary: What makes puzzles—jigsaws, mazes, riddles, sudokus—so satisfying? Be it the formation of new cerebral pathways, their close link to[…]

“On my seventh birthday, my father swore, for the first of many times, that I would die face down in[…]

“Your future contains dry bones.” —How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin This story begins with a prophecy,[…]

Summary: Imagine the horror of waking up in a coffin, surrounded by suffocating darkness, with no hope of escape. Drawing[…]

Today is the birthday of Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. Famous for such novels as The Adventures of[…]