Melissa Hardy’s hilarious novel, The Oracle of Cumae, is set up as a story, within […]
The Library of the Unwritten, by A.J. Hackwith
After reading A.J. Hackwith’s utterly enjoyable novel The Library of the Unwritten, I want to […]
Reinhardt’s Garden, by Mark Haber
Beware of false prophets. Especially ones who are obsessed with melancholy. And are kind of […]
A Victory Garden for Trying Times, by Debi Goodwin
Having a loved one diagnosed with stage three esophageal cancer means a lot of things, […]
The Best of 2018-2019
It was a very good year if books for me. Here are my favorites from […]
The Crooked Hinge, by John Dickson Carr
John Dickson Carr’s novel, The Crooked Hinge, begins with a complicated situation. A man has […]
The Shadow King, by Maaza Mengiste
Trigger warning for rape and torture. In 1974, Hirut is a middle-aged woman shading into […]
The List, 2018-2019
It’s time for the yearly (well, last twelve months) book statistics! Complete List of Books […]
The Fragments, by Toni Jordan
Trigger warning for brief domestic violence. Now that I’ve sat down to write a review […]