Emma Copley Eisenberg takes behind the scenes into the fascinating and somewhat distressing world of […]
Beowulf, by Bryher
So much of fiction centers on a single protagonist, maybe two, and a relatively small […]
The Best Books I Read This Year, 2019-2020
In no particular order, here are my favorite reads of the last twelve months: The […]
Purple Lotus, by Veena Rao
Trigger warning for domestic violence. Veena Rao’s Purple Lotus is the story of a woman’s […]
The List, 2019-2020: The Year of the Giant Asterisk
I feel like I’ve neglected my blog since, well, March. While I’ve been posting regularly, […]
Five Wives, by Joan Thomas
Like many works of historical fiction, Five Wives by Joan Thomas takes a real event […]
This week on the bookish internet
Dan Sheehan’s round up of movie adaptations that changed the ending of the book is […]
Afterlife Crisis, by Randal Graham
There is a developing genre called the New Weird, marked by strange civilizations, hallucinatory writing, […]
Bitter Blood, by Jerry Bledsoe
Bitter Blood is the first full true crime book I’ve ever read all the way […]
This week on the bookish internet
In this week’s “I’m not crying, you’re crying” moment, librarians at Yarra libraries, in Melbourne, […]