@stephenkiernan.bsky.social
Novelist and journalist, longtime VTer, musician, dad to giants.
This week’s Friday review is an Audible thriller so vivid and compelling, if you listen while driving you might miss your exit. Great story, first rate production. For a full review (&768 others) go to my account on @goodreads
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This week’s Friday review is an Audible thriller so vivid and compelling, if you listen while driving you might miss your exit. Great story, first rate production. For a full review (&768 others) go to my account on @goodreads
This week’s Friday review: The woman who sued Donald Trump for sexual assault and defamation, and won, tells her story with humor and bite. The audio version has the benefit of hearing the story told in her voice.
Full review, and 766 others, on my page @goodreads
Full review, and 766 others, on my page @goodreads
September 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This week’s Friday review: The woman who sued Donald Trump for sexual assault and defamation, and won, tells her story with humor and bite. The audio version has the benefit of hearing the story told in her voice.
Full review, and 766 others, on my page @goodreads
Full review, and 766 others, on my page @goodreads
This week’s Friday review: a tiny book by a Holocaust historian that reads like a greatest hits of Heather Cox Richardson, plus a stronger prescription on how people ought to resist. Well worth the 90 minutes it takes to read. (Full review of this and 764 other books on my @goodreads account).
August 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This week’s Friday review: a tiny book by a Holocaust historian that reads like a greatest hits of Heather Cox Richardson, plus a stronger prescription on how people ought to resist. Well worth the 90 minutes it takes to read. (Full review of this and 764 other books on my @goodreads account).
This week’s Friday review: a national book award finalist, about a boy growing up amid rural poverty, his struggles and determination, and the community that supports him. Hard times bit with lots of hope. Strong recommendation.
August 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This week’s Friday review: a national book award finalist, about a boy growing up amid rural poverty, his struggles and determination, and the community that supports him. Hard times bit with lots of hope. Strong recommendation.
This Friday’s review: an incredible story of courage & determination in beating cancer, but also more: aligning life with your priorities, outsmarting health insurers, & finding wellness in nature. If you’re sick, this book’s an inspiration. If you’re well, it’s a parable. Full review on @goodreads
July 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This Friday’s review: an incredible story of courage & determination in beating cancer, but also more: aligning life with your priorities, outsmarting health insurers, & finding wellness in nature. If you’re sick, this book’s an inspiration. If you’re well, it’s a parable. Full review on @goodreads
After today’s hard rain, the celestial light was easily 15 miles wide on the New York side of Lake Champlain.
July 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
After today’s hard rain, the celestial light was easily 15 miles wide on the New York side of Lake Champlain.
This week’s Friday review: a very smart, very now story of a comfortable family that collides with forces that drive our time — AI, billionaire culture etc — and how they cope. It’s not a political pitch, not a lecture. A gripping story, a fast read, and highly recommended. (Oprah’s pick for July)
July 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This week’s Friday review: a very smart, very now story of a comfortable family that collides with forces that drive our time — AI, billionaire culture etc — and how they cope. It’s not a political pitch, not a lecture. A gripping story, a fast read, and highly recommended. (Oprah’s pick for July)
The Warren parade was as great as ever.
July 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Warren parade was as great as ever.
June 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This week’s Friday review: a debut YA novel that’s an ideal summer read. You’ll recognize the authentic teenage struggles, you’ll encounter vivid and robust Greek islanders, and you’ll see a determined teenager growing up whether the adults help or not. Full review on my @goodreads account.
June 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This week’s Friday review: a debut YA novel that’s an ideal summer read. You’ll recognize the authentic teenage struggles, you’ll encounter vivid and robust Greek islanders, and you’ll see a determined teenager growing up whether the adults help or not. Full review on my @goodreads account.
This week’s Friday review: today nearly 29 million Americans suffer from alcohol use disorder. I thought it was time for me to read the bible of recovery. Full review on @goodreads — mostly about how much I learned from this book.
May 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This week’s Friday review: today nearly 29 million Americans suffer from alcohol use disorder. I thought it was time for me to read the bible of recovery. Full review on @goodreads — mostly about how much I learned from this book.
Champlain last night.
May 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Champlain last night.
Moon through apple blossoms
May 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Moon through apple blossoms
This week’s Friday review: a great American story that spans from pre-revolutionary times to the present, and the connecting thread is a place rich with heartfelt story, vividness, and some touching magic realism. Highly recommend. Full review on @goodreads
May 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This week’s Friday review: a great American story that spans from pre-revolutionary times to the present, and the connecting thread is a place rich with heartfelt story, vividness, and some touching magic realism. Highly recommend. Full review on @goodreads
This week’s Friday review: a rereading of this lovely collection by an Irish Nobel Prize winner. Skillful, touching, very satisfying. Full review on my @goodreads account.
April 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This week’s Friday review: a rereading of this lovely collection by an Irish Nobel Prize winner. Skillful, touching, very satisfying. Full review on my @goodreads account.
What?!? My latest book for sale on Amazon for $1.99? Get em while they’re hot.
April 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What?!? My latest book for sale on Amazon for $1.99? Get em while they’re hot.
Garden Buddha contemplates rebirth, and the desire for rebirth.
April 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Garden Buddha contemplates rebirth, and the desire for rebirth.
Vermont on the verge of April. (That’s Camel’s Hump in the distance)
March 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Vermont on the verge of April. (That’s Camel’s Hump in the distance)
This week’s Friday review: @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social pens book #25 and it is some of his best work: compelling, vivid, and full of heart. A Civil War story that is completely relevant today. Full review on @goodreads
Highly recommend.
Highly recommend.
March 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This week’s Friday review: @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social pens book #25 and it is some of his best work: compelling, vivid, and full of heart. A Civil War story that is completely relevant today. Full review on @goodreads
Highly recommend.
Highly recommend.
Garden Buddha contemplates the certainty of change.
March 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Garden Buddha contemplates the certainty of change.
This week’s Friday review: if you liked Braiding Sweetgrass, you will love this meditation on the generosity of nature, and how it’s a model for human behavior. Full review on @goodreads — do you follow me there? I have rated 750 books and reviewed 308.
February 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This week’s Friday review: if you liked Braiding Sweetgrass, you will love this meditation on the generosity of nature, and how it’s a model for human behavior. Full review on @goodreads — do you follow me there? I have rated 750 books and reviewed 308.
Hard to believe, but THE CURIOSITY is again optioned for film or TV production. I hope it goes all the way this time. Wish me luck!
(And @Blink49)
(And @Blink49)
February 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Hard to believe, but THE CURIOSITY is again optioned for film or TV production. I hope it goes all the way this time. Wish me luck!
(And @Blink49)
(And @Blink49)
This week’s Friday review: a bestseller thanks to some sexy content, but otherwise a celebration of selfishness and deceit. Skip this one.
February 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This week’s Friday review: a bestseller thanks to some sexy content, but otherwise a celebration of selfishness and deceit. Skip this one.
A legal update on suits against the Trump administration (source is WaPo)
February 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A legal update on suits against the Trump administration (source is WaPo)
The Price of Genius— a finished first draft.
Lots of revision ahead. But I now know how it ends.
Lots of revision ahead. But I now know how it ends.
February 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Price of Genius— a finished first draft.
Lots of revision ahead. But I now know how it ends.
Lots of revision ahead. But I now know how it ends.