Nov 1, 2018 | Current Ned Note, On Books, On Writing
Tana French is one of the most talented writers I’ve ever read in the mystery and detective genre. In this most recent book, she really surpasses the genre entirely, and breaks new ground with a lyrical, heartbreaking and soul-bending literary novel that focuses...
Jun 3, 2018 | Current Ned Note, On Books, Past Notes
(received this for Christmas — a couple spoilers inline here) Neil Gaiman’s Marvel 1602 re-creates the Marvel universe as it might have been if it wasn’t born in 1950s America, but instead in Elizabethan England. I found 1602 to embody all the...
May 22, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Find my books at Next Chapter Books Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS Next Chapter Booksellers is a wonderful little bookstore in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the mid-2000s, I was in Minnesota for graduate school and I worked on the Macalester College campus as a part-time job...
May 9, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Find my books at Ada’s Technical Books Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS In the early 2000s, a blusterous tech guy I knew in Seattle went to work for Amazon. Shortly afterwards, I had coffee with my old friend, and he proceeded to tell me how the future of books...
Apr 30, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
If you are a connoisseur of bookstores, like I am, then you might find this to be an unusual post, because despite my previous posts praising the shining stars of the indie book world — mainstays like Kepler’s in Silicon Valley, Powell’s in Portland,...
Apr 15, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Find my books at Eagle Harbor Book Company Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS I have a confession to make. Years ago, when I lived in Seattle, I’d take dates on the ferry out to Bainbridge Island, where there’s a lovely little walking district with shops and...
