Pun Salad https://punsalad.com/books The most recent articles from Pun Salad (View: Books) en-us Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:53:04 -0400 Peak Human — What We Can Learn From the Rise and Fall of Golden Ages (paid link) A few days ago I read a WSJ article with a headline claim: Dad Books Are a Dying Breed ( WSJ gifted link ). Well, Father's Day is... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/06/01/1780314695 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:51:35 -0400 FDR — A New Political Life (paid link) I read a previous book by the author, David T. Beito, The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights a couple years back; it detailed FDR's (and... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/05/31/1780251015 Sun, 31 May 2026 14:10:15 -0400 The Stars Turned Inside Out (paid link) This book was on the WSJ list of Best Mysteries of 2024 . ( WSJ gifted link ). The author, Nova Jacobs, previously wrote The Last Equation of... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/05/31/1780248078 Sun, 31 May 2026 13:21:18 -0400 The Diary of Lies (paid link) I wanted to read this thanks to its inclusion on the WSJ 's best mysteries of 2025 list . The Portsmouth (NH) Public Library didn't have a hard... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/05/30/1780136165 Sat, 30 May 2026 06:16:05 -0400 Animal Farm (paid link) Somehow , a very old hardcover edition of Animal Farm wound up on my bookshelf. Published by Harcourt Brace, compyright 1946. Five years before I was born. No idea... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/05/20/1779275800 Wed, 20 May 2026 07:16:40 -0400 Rage and the Republic — The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution (paid link) Gearing up for Amaerica's 250th birthday, I guess, I've been reading a decent number of books about the Founders, the Constitution, the Revolution, etc. I'm also kind of a... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/05/17/1779018618 Sun, 17 May 2026 07:50:18 -0400 Murder at Gulls Nest (paid link) This book made the WSJ 's best mysteries of 2025 list . Not my cup of cocoa, unfortunately. I speculate (mean-spiritedly) that its inclusion was a sort of... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/05/17/1779014442 Sun, 17 May 2026 06:40:42 -0400 The Fellowship of the Talisman (paid link) Another book down on my Clifford D. Simak reading project. This one is from 1978, and my Science Fiction Book Club edition has sat, unread, on one bookshelf or... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/05/14/1778773398 Thu, 14 May 2026 11:43:18 -0400 The Keeper (paid link) This is third entry (and, according to the WSJ reviewer , the final entry) in Tana French's series featuring the protagonist Cal Hooper, a divorced Chicago ex-cop who... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/05/04/1777904993 Mon, 04 May 2026 10:29:53 -0400 Engineers of Victory — The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide in the Second World War (paid link) Not quite what I expected. I was expecting from the title that there would be more stuff about … y'know, engineers . But instead… The author, Paul... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/05/03/1777823798 Sun, 03 May 2026 11:56:38 -0400