Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson
Anyone want to take a guess as to the approximate time period of the Golden Age of pirates? If you guessed 1650–1720 then you’re...
Kimmery's Guide to Rome and Florence
Journey to the Eternal City Rome is a nine-hour direct flight from Charlotte, which is tolerable, especially if you can wrangle up some...
An Interview with Flight of Dreams author Ariel Lawhon
This week’s book is Flight of Dreams, a historical thriller by the delightful Ariel Lawhon. The book goes on sale February 23rd, and I...
The Big Dark by Rodman Philbrick
Note from Kimmery: all middle grade books with boy protagonists are reviewed by my nine year-old son, Alex, and contain spoilers. If you...
Kimmery’s All-Time Favorite Books, Part 1
My household got slaughtered last week by a vicious, soul-sucking GI virus similar to Ebola. I zombied around without sleep for 898...
Requiem For My Father
see the stars you say in the gloaming night my tiny hand in yours here is the world through my daddy’s eyes up higher than high on a...
American Housewife by Helen Ellis
I have never liked short stories. I gravitate toward novels, for their character depth and their elaborate plots, and can’t recall a...
The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
So. I personally have written 1.5 as-of-yet-unpublished novels, which does not exactly qualify me as a world-class writing expert. But...
The Bees by Laline Paull
Strikingly different. Original. Bizarre. Awe-inspiring. Mystical. These are phrases used to describe Laline Paull’s The Bees, and it’s...
The Martian by Andy Weir
One night three years ago, my father—my healthy, funny, beloved father—went to sleep and did not wake up. He was a truly brilliant guy....