Review: “Melissa Forti’s Christmas Baking Book” Cooks Up Dark Delights
It’s the perfect baking book for quarantine, in which home cooks have plenty of leisure to read the author’s recollections of Christmas past.
Audiobook Review: “The Empire Strikes Back” Seen “From a Certain Point of View”
With welcome diversity and boundless creativity, that long-ago, far-away galaxy has never come so gratifyingly close to our own.
Book Review: “The Return of the Russian Leviathan” Reaches Uncomfortably Close to Home
In ‘The Return of the Russian Leviathan,’ Sergei Medvedev makes clear that a strongman doesn’t actually make a country stronger.
British Arrows Greatest Hits bring welcome warmth via the Walker Art Center
If anyone knows how to make good use of screen time, it’s the people who have to pay £1,000 a second for it.
Review: “Nightmare Before Christmas” Advent Calendar? Of Course It’s Awesome
A new Nightmare Before Christmas Advent Calendar from Insight Editions is a book-within-a-book; the outer book reveals a pop-up tree.
Audiobook Review: New “Clone Wars” Anthology Tells Star Wars “Tales of Light and Dark”
A boon for fans young and old who want to spend a little more time with some of the best Clone Wars stories, and hear them through new ears.
Book Review: “Into the Arctic Ice” Documents a Disappearing World
As the subtitle of photographer Esther Horvath’s new book ‘Into the Arctic Ice’ states, MOSAiC is ‘The Largest Polar Expedition of All Time.’
Audiobook Review: Ol’ Blue Skin is Back in “Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book I: Chaos Rising)”
The full ‘Ascendancy’ series promises to resolve the question of why Thrawn was seemingly cast out of the Chiss.
My Grandmother, New Ulm, and the Life of a Community
My grandmother’s life in this community has ended, but the life of the community, the spirit of my mother and her mother, continues to flow.
Audiobook Review: “Poe Dameron: Free Fall” Fills In the Story of All That Shifty Stuff
‘The Rise of Skywalker’ made clear that there’s a lot of ground to cover in Poe’s past; ‘Free Fall’ covers at least the top headlines.
Audiobook Review: “Doctor Aphra” and “Shadow Fall” Are Summer Escapes for Star Wars Fans
Two new Star Wars audiobooks, ‘Shadow Fall’ and ‘Doctor Aphra,’ are providing fans with listening material for nervous road trips or solo sunbathing.
Texts I Sent While Reading “Dune”
Like Arrakis sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives. Have you reached the Moment of Tooth? DAMN THOSE HARKONNEN BEASTS