It is a truth universally acknowledged that some stories are so good that no one […]
This week on the bookish internet
Emily Temple and the crew at LitHub created a list of their top 75 book covers of […]
The Orphan of Salt Winds, by Elizabeth Brooks
Somewhere on an English marsh near the southern coast, an old woman is preparing for […]
Innocents to the Slaughter, by H.P. Maskew
In their first outing, journalist Ambrose Hudson and Edgar Lawes tackled a corrupt workhouse. In […]
Putting Words in People’s Mouths; Or, Thoughts about Dialogue
I’ve been thinking about dialogue lately, since I dinged The Hangman’s Secret for putting anachronistic and American-flavored […]
The Winter of the Witch, by Katherine Arden
Katherine Arden’s amazing Winternight trilogy comes to a satisfying close in The Winter of the Witch. This […]
The Hangman’s Secret, by Laura Joh Rowland
I arrived late to the party for this series. The Hangman’s Secret is the third book in […]
Vita Nostra, by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
There are some research topics that are perennial at the library. Most of the time, […]
This fortnight on the bookish internet
I missed last week’s bookish update due to a monstrous cold. So this Saturday you […]
Sacred Cesium Ground and Isa’s Deluge, by Yusuke Kimura
In April of 2011, northern Japan suffered a trio of disasters. A massive offshore earthquake […]