https://punsalad.com/books The most recent articles from Pun Salad (View: Books) en-us Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:04:19 -0400 (paid link) Another successful suggestion I made to the Portsmouth (NH) Public Library, probably as a result of me reading this good review in the WSJ back in January. (... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/09/30/1790777054 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:04:14 -0400 (paid link) This is the third (and perhaps final) book in Scott Turow's series starring lawyer Rusty Sabich. The first, Presumed Innocent , which was a 1980s best-seller, showed Rusty... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/09/29/1790687410 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:10:10 -0400 (paid link) Confession: I've had this book on one bookshelf or another for the past fifty years. I finally got the courage to enter it into my bookpicking system... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/09/27/1790507467 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 07:11:07 -0400 (paid link) This book won the " Hayek Prize " from the Manhattan institute earlier this year. That's a reliable signal that it's worthwhile reading in my ideological comfort zone. The... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/09/24/1790250832 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:53:52 -0400 (paid link) Well, this iteration of my biweekly library trip didn't work out that well. But at least this non-fiction choice was a little better than my fiction choice (... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/09/17/1789642323 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:52:03 -0400 (paid link) I got this book from the Portsmouth (NH) Public Library, due to the fact that it appeared in the WSJ 's best mysteries of 2023 list. Victoria Kielland's original... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/09/16/1789593000 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:10:00 -0400 (paid link) I heard good things about this book when it came out a couple years ago; then, back in March of this year, I noticed that a copy could... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/09/16/1789591405 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:43:25 -0400 (paid link) I'm pretty old now, but back in the 1960s, as a teenager, I checked out Frank Meyer's book, In Defense of Freedom , from the Omaha Public Library.... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/09/05/1788606919 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:15:19 -0400 (paid link) I have an embarrassing number of bought-but-never-read books on my shelves. This is yet another of those, purchased sometime in the 1970s. In case you haven't heard: it's about... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/09/04/1788520627 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:17:07 -0400 (paid link) I'm not proud of this, but I'll admit it: I've been inordinately attracted now and then to the "celebrity memoir" genre. Written by musicians and actors I like, mostly.... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/09/03/1788437267 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:07:47 -0400