Chris Faile
@faile.bsky.social
In stealth mode. Former PR leader for Deloitte's financial services team. Personally, an East Villager who loves books, the water and old David Bowie tunes.
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Deborah Cohen's "Last Call at the Hotel Imperial" -- about a number of foreign correspondents in the run up to World War II, as well as its aftermath -- is the best book I've read so far this year.
September 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Deborah Cohen's "Last Call at the Hotel Imperial" -- about a number of foreign correspondents in the run up to World War II, as well as its aftermath -- is the best book I've read so far this year.
Found on the sidewalk in front of an apartment complex, guessing they made the move. Not a bad list, maybe?
July 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Found on the sidewalk in front of an apartment complex, guessing they made the move. Not a bad list, maybe?
I blame these little scrappers:
April 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I blame these little scrappers:
From the Washington Post Saturday, though:
March 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
From the Washington Post Saturday, though:
#20: "The Family Jewels," by the wonderful Irish writer Caimh McDonnell. It's the 8th book in the Dublin trilogy (a slight renaming might be in order!)...and he's only becoming a stronger writer with each book.
September 7, 2023 at 3:48 PM
#20: "The Family Jewels," by the wonderful Irish writer Caimh McDonnell. It's the 8th book in the Dublin trilogy (a slight renaming might be in order!)...and he's only becoming a stronger writer with each book.
#19: "Too Big to Fail," by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Always worth the re-read, because the times we're a'livin'-in could always be worse.
September 7, 2023 at 3:46 PM
#19: "Too Big to Fail," by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Always worth the re-read, because the times we're a'livin'-in could always be worse.
@darthbluesky.bsky.social: How do you feel about these two cute stuffed alpacas named Coco and Lulu?
July 26, 2023 at 12:43 AM
@darthbluesky.bsky.social: How do you feel about these two cute stuffed alpacas named Coco and Lulu?
#18: "Two Nights in Lisbon," by Chris Pavone. I've become a big fan of this author, but his four other books are better than his newest (it's also a mild twist in genre for him). That said, it's still very good, in the vein of a "Gone Girl"- esque summer beach read.
July 24, 2023 at 3:17 PM
#18: "Two Nights in Lisbon," by Chris Pavone. I've become a big fan of this author, but his four other books are better than his newest (it's also a mild twist in genre for him). That said, it's still very good, in the vein of a "Gone Girl"- esque summer beach read.
Continuing a 🧵 of the books I’m reading in 2023: #17 is Jennifer Egan's "The Candy House." It's good, but does it reflect poorly on me that I liked "A Visit from the Goon Squad" more?
July 14, 2023 at 6:29 PM
Continuing a 🧵 of the books I’m reading in 2023: #17 is Jennifer Egan's "The Candy House." It's good, but does it reflect poorly on me that I liked "A Visit from the Goon Squad" more?