Gloria Frensham is in a bad place at the beginning of The Woman Who Kept […]
LaRose, by Louise Erdrich
When I read a book, I almost always try to work out some kind of […]
Sins of Omission; Or, I Have a Very Controversial Opinion
Years and years ago, when I was very young, I read Where the Red Fern […]
The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters
Haunted houses always seemed particularly creepy to me because of the way they invert the […]
The House of the Seven Gables, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
I picked up The House of the Seven Gables, one of Nathaniel Hawthorne‘s best known […]
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Language and what it can and cannot be used to express lie at the heart […]
This week on the bookish type
Jonathan Taylor shares details about one of the world’s oldest libraries, belonging to King Ashurbanipal, […]
The Gradual, by Christopher Priest
Time is seriously out of joint in Christopher Priest’s The Gradual, though our protagonist has no […]
Soviet Milk, by Nora Ikstena
Mother’s milk has such a powerful reputation for nutrition and nurturing that it’s sometimes used […]
Comfort Reads; Or, I Don’t Always Read Angry Books
This post is for Smithereens, who commented on a recent post about angry books. I feel […]