Any chance you are afraid? Any chance you have had a wave of fear wash over you this morning, this week? Any chance you've been thinking about your loved ones, the high risk, the exposed a bit more than usual? Any chance you're a caregiver or essential worker just tired of it all? Or is [...]

In no particular order, here are the best books I read this year in Mandy-determined categories:   Best History Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard Best Memoir Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri Best Fiction Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Runner Up Gilead by [...]