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2018
Bookmarks: My Favorite Books of 2017
by Harvey Freedenberg If we’ve connected on Twitter or Facebook you know this isn’t the only place where I review books. Of all the books I reviewed anywhere this year, these are the dozen that […]
2017
2017
Dark Money
The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer (Anchor, $17, 576 pages, Paperback) WORDS BY HARVEY FREEDENBERG Only a few months removed from the 2016 election, I […]
2017
Bookmarks: Commonwealth
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett (Harper, $27.99, 322 pages) WORDS BY HARVEY FREEDENBERG Two of Ann Patchett’s most recent novels have been distinctive for their exotic locales and propulsive plots that teem with the stuff of […]
2017
Bookmarks: The Nix
The Nix by Nathan Hill (Alfred A. Knopf, $27.95, 640 pages) BY HARVEY FREEDENBERG In an age when the attention span for some people extends no longer than a 140-character tweet, I realize I’ve set […]
2017
Bookmarks: Shepherding Words into Print
Whether it’s a memoir or a novel, for many people, an item on life’s bucket list is to see their name on the cover of a book. But too many of those same aspiring writers […]
2017
Bookmarks: Favorite Books of 2016
Favorite Books of 2016 BY HARVEY FREEDENBERG Fiction 1. Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad (Doubleday) Colson Whitehead’s vivid and disturbing story about the horrors of slavery and racism has already won the National Book Award […]
2016
Bookmarks: The Anxious Lawyer
The Anxious Lawyer: An 8-Week Guide to a Joyful and Satisfying Law Practice Through Mindfulness and Meditation by Jeena Cho and Karen Gifford By Harvey Freedenberg According to a 2016 study conducted by the American […]
2016
Bookmarks: The Index Card
The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to be Complicated by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack (Portfolio/Penguin, $25, 256 pages) by Harvey Freedenberg Is there a subject more fraught with unnecessary complication and outright […]