Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Category: nfp
What I’m Reading: The Reason I Jump
The Reason I Jump was written by Naoki Higashida, a thirteen-year-old Japanese boy with autism. Though unable to verbalize his thoughts in normal speech, his mother created something called the “alphabet grid” that allows him to communicate. He has both a keyboard version for typing… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Reason I Jump”
What I’m Reading: Grind Joint
Grind Joint is another Writers of Chantilly book, this one by long-time member Dana King. It’s a hard-boiled mystery about a good cop, “Doc” Dougherty, in Penns River, a once-prosperous but now dumpy industrial town. The title refers to the new casino in town–a grind… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Grind Joint”
What I’m Reading: Red Flag Warning
A couple years ago somebody got me the book The Big Burn by Timothy Egan, because the person knew “I like history books.” At first this seemed like a terrible choice. Sure, I like history, but a book about a forest fire in Idaho a… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Red Flag Warning”
What I’ve Been Reading: The Wonder of Girls
The Wonder of Girls, by Michael Gurian, is a companion book to one I read a couple years ago, The Wonder of Boys. The two books attempt to fill a gap in how our society understands the minds and behavior of girls and boys,… Continue Reading “What I’ve Been Reading: The Wonder of Girls”
What I’ve Been Eating: Sisters Thai
Alas, I have not been a good blogger this month! And I have stuff to post, too–reading and writing goals for the New Year, book reviews, etc. I’ll get to them another day. For tonight, I’d like to extol my favorite restaurant: Sisters Thai,… Continue Reading “What I’ve Been Eating: Sisters Thai”
What I’m Reading: Song of the Vikings
Song of the Vikings, by Nancy Marie Brown, gives us the story of Snorri Sturluson, a wealthy and powerful Icelandic landowner of the early 1200s who at one point was as close as Iceland ever got to a native king. He lived a full and… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Song of the Vikings”
What I’m Reading: Cultural Amnesia
In an earlier post, I discussed a book I described as a “Shortcut to Smartness,” by which I meant a book that so expands your knowledge and understanding in so many areas that it is like a college course in and of itself. Here… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Cultural Amnesia”
What I’m Reading: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls
Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls is the latest collection of essays and short stories by humorist David Sedaris. If you’re not familiar with him, he grew up in an eccentric but close family with five kids, a chain-smoking mom with a wry sense of humor,… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls”
