There are so many Sherlock and Watson retellings and pastiches that I’ve started to skip […]
The Stationary Shop, by Marjan Kamali
Marjan Kamali’s The Stationary Shop is not a perfect book, but it is one of […]
Up Past My Bedtime; Or, Audiobooks Are Hard to Put Down
More than once in the last month, I have come into work feeling tired, bleary-eyed, […]
Silver in the Wood, by Emily Tesh
Emily Tesh’s Silver in the Wood feels like climbing into a fairy tale and walking […]
The Lost Letters of William Woolf, by Helen Cullen
It seems like we focus on the happily-ever-after so much that it seems unusual to […]
The Map of Knowledge, by Violet Moller
In The Map of Knowledge, Violet Moller traces the transmission of knowledge from the ancient […]
This week on the bookish internet
Megan O’Grady wonders if we’re in a golden age of historical fiction and what it […]
Rotherweird, by Andrew Caldecott
Sometimes I think I spot books that started as authors doodling maps of imaginary cities. […]
Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn
Trigger warning for self-harm. Camille Preaker, the protagonist of Gillian Flynn’s torturous novel Sharp Objects, […]
The Electric Hotel, by Dominic Smith
The Silent Era of film has always attracted me. I love stories set around the […]