Totally Unauthorized

Book reviews?  Now he’s doing book reviews?

He already reviews movies and restaurants and plays and ballets.  Talks travel and politics. Gossips about the bridge club.   Is there no limit to this guys talent?

Well, no, he said immodestly.

Okay, there is a limit, but reviewing The Cardturner: A Novel, by Louis Sachar, is most certainly within my somewhat circumscribed talents.

Joanna Stansby recommended this book to me, and that can’t be wrong. It’s a pretty simple and easy book, reminding me of the sort of thing I read when I was a kid.  It would be perfect for an airplane or a day at the beach.

Here’s the good part, though–because it is set in the world of duplicate bridge, there are “asides” which explain the game.  Nothing you don’t already know, of course, but I’ll bet you have friends/relatives who wonder about all the time you spend at the club.  Get them to read this little book, and they will understand quite well, without having to study or be bored in the process.  The asides are so well marked that you can skip them easily, but the non-bridge playing reader will enjoy them and a get a decent understanding of the game.

Give The Cardturner a try–it was only 12 bucks on Amazon for my iPhone.  I think your teenage grandkids will both enjoy it and learn about bridge.  Christmas is coming…………………………