Farf Looks At Books

Ever since VH1's "Behind the Music" series, as well as countless music biopics, we've all become familiar with the band trajectory - a...

Eighty years and a few days ago the US exploded two atomic bombs over Japan. Atomic bombs have not been used in war by any country...

I had seen this book around for the last few years - it always pricked my attention but I never picked it up. But a few weeks ago I went...

Note: Will update as I get through the shows, so will take me longer than a week! Episodes: "Dancing With the Sharks" : Um, no - wouldn't...

This is definitely one of the most disappointing books I've ever read. It was over WAY too fast. While reading it, though, this book was...

We just got back from a family trip to beautiful Hilton Head! We had a lot of fun kayaking, running, and of course reading! Here's the...

We would be nowhere without risk takers. People who decide that, despite the potential for tragic consequences, they will put their...

If you're a regular reader, you may have noticed that since the last few books have put us in a bit of a rut. The Jungle , Nickel Boys ,...

Look, I really wanted to like this book. Really, REALLY wanted to like this book. Not only am I a fan of Ivy League football who used to...

This was good, but surprisingly didn't hit me like other Colson Whitehead books (especially Underground Railroad ). Never really got...

Have you ever done something stupid? Like, really stupid? Maybe it crept up on you while you were doing it, maybe it still felt right. ...

Are you ready for season 2 of "Andor"? I sure am - I'm currently re-watching season 1 right now (just re-watched the first prison...

There's so much to this book I'm kind of stumped on where to begin. Let's start with it as a book (which I should really try to do more...

In looking for an image of the cover of this book, I found pictures of the cover of a children's book named John Henry and Paul Bunyan...

One of the things that really separates Gen X childhoods from the childhoods of other generations is that we were generally excited by...

I don't know exactly when or why this trend of revisiting Greek and Roman myths from the perspective of female characters started. But...

I'm beginning to believe that Generation X is really the worst generation of all. Let me explain. It's been sticking in my craw since...

What if Holden Caulfield was a monster? That's the major theme of John Gardner's Grendel , which tells the tale of Beowulf but from the...

Welcome to the first book in the Triptych of Ancient Civilizations, Eric Cline's 1177BC . Wait, don't leave! Look, I love exploring...

I was not a fan of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest . In a weird way, I'm really glad I read this masterpiece, and some of the...