Over a year ago, I read Shirley Jackson’s delightfully creepy The Haunting of Hill House. Being a reader in […]
A Boy in Winter, by Rachel Seiffert
This brief novel by Rachel Seiffert has a misleading title. The boy in A Boy in Winter, Yankel, […]
Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich
Trigger warning for rape and suicide. I am continuing my out-of-order dive into Louise Erdrich’s collections of interlinked […]
That Time I Loved You, by Carrianne Leung
Trigger warning for suicide. Years ago, I read Sherwood Anderson’s collection of stories, Winesburg, Ohio. The collection moves from […]
This week on the bookish internet
Valerie Stivers creates a classic Russian menu to enjoy alongside the bonkers books of the […]
Everything Under, by Daisy Johnson
The publisher’s blurb for Everything Under, by Daisy Johnson, makes this book sound a lot more […]
The Huntress, by Kate Quinn
Who would believe a young woman who suspects that her new stepmother is hiding something […]
A Flavorful Menu of Books
Genre doesn’t always capture what to expect from a book. Sometimes, some books have something […]
Mother Country, by Irina Reyn
Trigger warning for rape. What should a mother do? Everyone has ideas about this, even […]
The Psychology of Time Travel, by Kate Mascarenhas
Is it ironic that the creators of time travel never seem to know what will […]