“What Mendelsohn is getting at is the central faith of anyone who takes criticism seriously: that it is an art. And, like all arts, it comes with its own aesthetics, its own challenges and considerations, which all of us who write it have to keep in mind. Of these, the most important is that criticism…
REVIEWS: Meh…
These are the reviews that I dread. I try to find something positive about each book I read, but sometimes a book just doesn’t fly for me. Still, my plan is to give a fair description here so you, the reader, can decide. Perhaps you will find a book here that becomes one of your…
REVIEW: THE FACE THIEF by Eli Gottlieb
This was one of those books that just appeared, unsolicited, in my mailbox. While I always give those surprise titles a glance, I usually don’t have time to read and review them in addition to the ones I’ve already committed to. Add to that my suspicion of modern novels and it’s strange that I even…