Penfield Gems Archive

  • I’ll be honest. I really don’t read for pleasure. The majority of the books I have read have been the result of four years of high school English class and...

    Lord of the Flies

    I’ll be honest. I really don’t read for pleasure. The majority of the books I have read have been the result of four years of high school English class and...

    Continue Reading...

  • Oliver Sacks, widely known for his 1985 book “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” is by far one of the best writers to deal with neurology. You...

    The Mind’s Eye

    Oliver Sacks, widely known for his 1985 book “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” is by far one of the best writers to deal with neurology. You...

    Continue Reading...

  • Sometimes when you encounter a truly great example of a certain artistic medium, you are immediately aware of its greatness, and it leaves a powerful impression that does not fade....

    The Talisman

    Sometimes when you encounter a truly great example of a certain artistic medium, you are immediately aware of its greatness, and it leaves a powerful impression that does not fade....

    Continue Reading...

  • Baseball is a sport where the offseason has nearly the same amount of significance as the regular season. Teams are built through free agency and trades, and every year baseball...

    Moneyball

    Baseball is a sport where the offseason has nearly the same amount of significance as the regular season. Teams are built through free agency and trades, and every year baseball...

    Continue Reading...

  •   Comic books can be an immersive art form. Readers can dive into an entire universe, filled with characters and ideas that can’t be fully grasped in reality. So it...

    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

      Comic books can be an immersive art form. Readers can dive into an entire universe, filled with characters and ideas that can’t be fully grasped in reality. So it...

    Continue Reading...

  • Stephen King has become well-known in the literary world for two things: creating realistic, believable, and down-to-earth characters, and putting said characters into horrific situations (some of which may or...

    On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

    Stephen King has become well-known in the literary world for two things: creating realistic, believable, and down-to-earth characters, and putting said characters into horrific situations (some of which may or...

    Continue Reading...

  • While I’ll admit that I am certainly outside the target demographic for this tome (not being one of these ‘women’ referred to in the subtitle), it remains one of my...

    I Feel Bad About My Neck, and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

    While I’ll admit that I am certainly outside the target demographic for this tome (not being one of these ‘women’ referred to in the subtitle), it remains one of my...

    Continue Reading...

Page 2 of 212