Warning: there are many, many spoilers about the Spanish drama Velvet ahead. Language Point: Fulada, meaning tart or whore. They never teach the swears in Spanish class. Emilio returns the briefcase, then goes down to talk to Ana. He reminds her that his job and his life is on the line, too. Ana explains that she… [Read More]
To cover Egypt in my Around the World project, I picked up the second book in the Naguib Mahfouz Cairo Trilogy. I read the first one, Palace Walk, seemingly a million years ago. It may take me another million years to get to the third, but I hope not because the first two were really… [Read More]
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors is a coming of middle age story, and maybe the world needs more of these. Sonja lives in Copenhagen and translates Swedish detective stories. She’s feeling stuck. She is also trying to learn to drive (hence the title) while dealing with vertigo and trying to figure out the next… [Read More]
I’m still engrossed in my around-the-world challenge. For the United States, I went with Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, a book about the Osage Nation. Like so many Americans, I don’t know nearly enough about our indigenous nations. This is both a Native American story and… [Read More]
The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook
I took a break from writing about finance to contribute to The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook. MORE »
The rise of amateur day traders
Ann Logue breaks down what makes amateur traders different from regular day traders on the Business Daily podcast. MORE »