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We Are Evolving, Just Backwards! | The Time Machine (H.G. Wells) BOOK REVIEW
Would you rather evolve into an Eloi or a Morlock?

In this episode, I dive into H.G. Wells ’The Time Machine', a short but hugely influential classic that may be one of the earliest stories to imagine time travel as a machine-driven journey into the future. I walk through the novel’s framing device, the Time Traveller’s unsettling visit to roughly 800,000 AD,...

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A Clash of Kings Review — Is Bigger Actually Better?

A bigger world. More perspectives. Nearly 900 pages. But is A Clash of Kings actually better than A Game of Thrones?

In this Mere Mortals book review, I share my honest thoughts on George R. R. Martin’s second A Song of Ice and Fire novel—as someone reading the books without having watched the television series.

I enjoyed the journey, particularly Tyrion...


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Sexual Tension On An Unexpected Journey | The Wayward Bus (John Steinbeck) BOOK REVIEW
Sure is a lot of hanky panky going on in a sexually repressive time.

In this episode, I review John Steinbeck’s The Wayward Bus, a 1947 novel that sits somewhere in his middle period and while not usually counted among his greatest literary achievements is clearly packed with the sort of vivid, messy human character work he does so well. I walk through the bo...

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Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka — My First Kafka Read Was Weird

My first Franz Kafka read was weird, vivid and surprisingly enjoyable. In this Mere Mortals Book Review, I share my thoughts on Metamorphosis and the other short stories in this Penguin collection.

From Gregor Samsa’s transformation to a tense taxi dispute and an unexpected insight about achievement, Kafka packs strange situations, precise details and memorable ide...


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Why Murder ... Why Not? | In Cold Blood (Truman Capote) BOOK REVIEW
The best way to understand apathy is to not understand at all.

In this episode, I’m back with a review of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, the 1966 classic that helped define the true crime genre. I unpack the book’s retelling of the brutal Clutter family murders in Kansas, the psychology of Perry Smith and Richard Hickock and Capote’s readable, gripping style....

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