Correspondents' Choice: Book Picks for May

Yes, I'm online on Saturday because I slowed down, not "hurt by" a client's legitimate criticism but completely confused by it, and failed to finish this week's hack writing on Friday. Being online on Saturday is punishment. I'm still (more than ever!) in favor of unplugged weekends.

Recommended by Naomi Parker.



Everything you wanted to know about the original Nine Lives cat food model, Morris...This was recommended by Melissa and Mudpie's blog; if you click on the picture you should open an Amazon page coded to add a small commission to their account.



First to come in, chronologically: New book by Jonah Goldberg. Run don't walk.



Recommended by David Hogsette with this review: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/book-review-rock-gets-religion-christian-rockers-enter-mainstream/



More from the author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life:



Barb Taub's blog is funny, so I don't doubt that her book will be funny too. Mom-com.



Modern idolatry, diagnosed in the 1940s; John Horvat finds this diagnosis still valid today.