Book Club: Read ‘What We Can Know,’ by Ian McEwan, With the Book Review

In December, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Ian McEwan’s latest novel, about a long-lost poem, the 2014 dinner party where it was read and the future dystopia that embraced it.
Forbes

The Singularity Is Nearsighted, A Book Review

“The Singularity is Nearer,” Ray Kurzweil, was on my library’s new bookshelves when I desperately needed reading material. I decided to risk it. Sadly, my expectations were met. It has almost all the ...
The New York Times

Book Club: Read ‘The Safekeep,’ by Yael van der Wouden, With the Book Review

In May, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Safekeep,” Yael van der Wouden’s novel about a woman wrapped up in a historical drama and a forbidden romance. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin ...
Los Angeles Times

‘CIA Book Club’ illuminates Cold War skullduggery and reminds how revolutionary reading can be

Charlie English begins “The CIA Book Club” by describing a 1970s technical manual: a dull cover, as uninviting as anything. A book that practically begs you to put it back on the shelf and move on.