The fourth time is the charm, by which I mean I hope I see more celebrities than last year because the third time certainly was not the charm. Jade Chang.  Jade Chang is the author of one of the favorite novels I read in 2018, Wangs vs. the World.  Even better, I actually met her […]

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan.  After reading this 505 page history, I hereby firmly resolve to not judge a book by its cover.  Had I spent 10-15 minutes skimming chapters, I would have realized that this book is not in fact about “silk roads”, whatever that means to […]