Books That Shaped Me
The stories that formed me, challenged me, and quietly changed the way I see the world.
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Classics Week: A Quiet Wrap-Up
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Range and Real Life: What Fits, and What Doesn’t
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From Survival to Vision: How “Range” Hits Home
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Mitch Albom’s The Little Liar
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The Residue of Viola Davis
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Kiss ’Er Already
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Hans Christian Andersen
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Following the Souls of Dostoyevsky
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Why I Still Believe in the Classics
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Wrestling With Ivan, Resting in Christ
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Father Zosima and the Fathers I Never Had
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Murderers, Fathers, and the Call of God: What Crime and Punishment Taught Me
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Wuthering Heights: A Love That Devoured Everything
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Revisiting Atticus: What To Kill a Mockingbird Looks Like When You’re Grown
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Lessons in Mercy from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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Clair de Lune
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The Brothers Karamazov
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Hans Christian Andersen
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Father Zosima and the Sea of Doubt
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A Reflection on “Into My Own” by Robert Frost
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the death of an author
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When Zosima Died
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The Life You Save May Be Your Own
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Twice, a New Book by Mitch Albom
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The Brothers Karamazov — A Book Review
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White Nights by Dostoyevsky
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Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You Trilogy
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Fire Shut Up in My Bones
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Reading and Rereading into 2026
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Be Ready When the Luck Happens
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Comparing Two Characters from Two Books I’ve Read
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Father Zosima and the Fathers I Never Had
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A Story That Stayed: Introducing My Debut Novel
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My Debut Novel Is Finally Here!
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Twice, a New Book by Mitch Albom