The Art of Racing in the Rain Simon Curtis (2019) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Tennyson-180×180.jpg’ attachment=’77’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] The Art of Racing in the Rain was a huge bestseller for author Garth Stein in 2008, the sort of novel that cries out to be made into a movie, since it will have… Continue reading The Art of Racing in the Rain
Author: Jay Ruud
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Review No. 167: Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 1345 E. Oak Street (501) 504-2420 74.8 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said:It was a busy Saturday morning, and in an effort to fit in this meal between a treadmill run and an afternoon wedding, I asked He Said to run to the Popeyes less… Continue reading Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys Michael Chabon (1995) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Shakespeare-180×180.jpg’ attachment=’76’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] Ruud Rating 4 Shakespeares [/av_image] A lot of readers know Michael Chabon mainly for his epic 2001 Pulitzer-Prize tour de force The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, the kind of book that gets permanently in your head… Continue reading Wonder Boys
Jericho Brown’s “As a Human Being”
Franke’s Cafeteria
Review No. 166: Franke’s Cafeteria 1101 Fendley Drive (501) 932-6123 75 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: One of the oldest continually operating restaurants in Arkansas, Franke’s Cafeteria (named to the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame in 2018) celebrates its centennial this year. C.A. Franke, founder of the franchise, opened a… Continue reading Franke’s Cafeteria
José Olivarez’s “A Mexican Dreams of Heaven”
Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood
Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood Quentin Tarantino (1969) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/3-12.jpg’ attachment=313′ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] Three Tennysons/Half Shakespeare[/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Most moviegoers these days think of 1969, if they think of it at all, as a vague time in the distant past when men first landed on… Continue reading Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood
The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Nanny Leïla Slimani (2018) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/3-12.jpg’ attachment=313′ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] Three Tennysons/Half Shakespeare[/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Leïla Slimani won France’s most prestigious literary award, the Prix Goncourt, for her 2016 novel Chanson Douce (literally “Sweet Song”). She is the first Moroccan woman to be so honored, and… Continue reading The Perfect Nanny
Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
Maggie’s Original Cookie Company
Review No. 165: Maggie’s Original Cookie Company 2850 Prince Street, Suite 17 (501) 336-9600 74.5 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: After a ladies-who-lunch outing with my mom and a friend, I wanted to take a little sweet treat home to my husband, so I pointed the car toward Maggie’s, a cookie-making… Continue reading Maggie’s Original Cookie Company