Farf Looks At Books

One of the most incredible parts of moving to Atlanta, for me, was the fact that John Lewis was my Congressional Representative. The...

This was a very fun holiday horror anthology. Lots of good stories, including ones about murderous toys come to life, holidays after the...

I was on the wrestling team in high school. I was one of the worst wrestlers on one of the worst teams in our county, but that didn’t...

Three years ago, while looking around the Docking Bay in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, I came across the anthology book Star Wars: From a...

When you think about it, it’s kind of hard to write a history of the Vikings. Because who exactly are the Vikings? Was it just the people...

Had time for one creepy book in the run-up to Halloween, and chose to make it a Doctor Who book. This anthology is comprised of stories...

This was a very long and comprehensive book - a total history of the Mafia that stretches from Renaissance Sicily to about a decade ago....

Earlier this summer, I watched the first couple episodes of the show “Barkskins” on Nat Geo. I was curious about it, not only because...

Michael Capuzzo’s Close to Shore is about the shark attacks that happened over a century ago that inspired the book and later the movie...

Ted Chiang’s first short story collection, Story of Your Life and Other Stories, is top to bottom packed with amazing science fiction...

Objectively, this book was…okay. First things first – from the looks of it, I fully expected this to be Joe Torre’s book; even if it was...

Genetics can only determine so much. Being the son of Marcus Aurelius didn’t make Commodus a great emperor. David Sammartino was a...

James Yee’s For God and Country is a very difficult story to read. Yee is a West Point graduate who served overseas in the 90s and...

So first of all, that’s a lot of colons! (Note: that’s what she said) Anyway, Dooku: Jedi Lost is an…interesting book. The most obvious...

And once again in this trying year, I found myself reading the right book at the right time. Ron Chernow’s Grant is a fantastic book,...

Say what you want about dystopias, but they can be a real downer. Dan Simmons is one of my favorite contemporary novelists. While he...

I am not a big fan of soccer. I’ll turn it on occasionally, especially during fall Saturday mornings while waiting for “College Gameday”...

Machiavelli’s The Prince is one of the most famous books in Western culture. Written in the early 16th century and banned by the Vatican...

Whenever I have something important coming up, be it a holiday or a big sporting event or a race, I always try to find a book to read on...

I started reading London Fields because it was recommended in an article on The Ringer. I’m familiar with some of Martin Amis’ short...