Hobbies & Happiness

Book Reviews

  • The Covenant of Water

    The person responsible for the synopsis on the dust jacket of The Covenant of Water deserves an award. Concisely summarizing a plot spanning 70 years is a unique challenge. Abraham Verghese’s 715-page historical fiction… Read more

  • The Magician’s Nephew

    Prior to reading The Magician’s Nephew, C.S. Lewis’ prequel to the beloved children’s fantasy The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the word “Narnia” conjured images of a beautiful golden lion, four British children,… Read more

  • Man’s Search for Meaning

    Have you heard the name Viktor E. Frankl? He’s a source of inspiration for countless people because of his memoir, Man’s Search for Meaning. Within a mere 196 pages, the renowned psychiatrist recounts his… Read more

  • Viajando sin Mapas (Traveling Without Maps)

    After losing his wife of forty-three years to cancer, Irvin Peckham pursued an unusual coping mechanism – a roughly 8,518-mile roundtrip from New Jersey to Panama with his newly-adopted dog, Lola. He had exhausted… Read more