Trigger warning for extreme violence and sexual sadism. About two years ago, I heard someone say that they didn’t like a book […]
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books, by Edward Wilson-Lee
When I was a library school student, I recall learning about faceted classification and the […]
Home, by Leila S. Chudori
Leila S. Chudori’s Home (translated by John H. McGlynn) circles around a black day in […]
My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite
I don’t think anyone has tested the proverb, “blood is thicker than water,” as much […]
Snow in May, by Kseniya Melnik
It’s a little black-hearted, but I suspect that we read stories about hard luck and […]
The Stranger Diaries, by Elly Griffiths
One of the most repeated pieces of anecdata I hear in higher education is that […]
Famous Men Who Never Lived, by K Chess
The plight of a refugee is never easy. Uprooting oneself and family, fighting red tape […]
This week on the bookish internet
Tobias Carroll wonders about the possible risks of writing about extremists in fiction. (LitHub) Amir-Hussein […]
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
By Sunday of this last week, I had read 100 pages of John Steinbeck’s opus, […]