Trigger warning for rape. A Cloudy Day on the Western Shore, by Mohamed Mansi Qandil […]
This week on the bookish internet
I love coming across lists of obscure and delightful words. Now I have to figure […]
How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England, by Ruth Goodman
I strongly suspect that How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, […]
The Witch Elm, by Tana French
About a third of the way through The Witch Elm, by Tana French, I started to […]
Diamonds in the Rough; Or, Finding Great Reads in Generic Dross
A fellow bookish blogger, Smithereens, asked me a question about whether or not you should […]
The Waiter, by Matias Faldbakken
The Hills, a very old restaurant in Oslo, Norway, is an institution. The walls are […]
In the Night Wood, by Dale Bailey
The house that the Haydens inherit at the start of Dale Bailey’s chilling In the Night […]
The Dark Blue Overcoat and Other Stories from the North, edited by Sjón
The stories in The Dark Blue Overcoat are written by authors from every Scandinavian country, including […]
The Tiger Flu, by Larissa Lai
Larissa Lai has created a very strange world in The Tiger Flu, a lightning fast eruption […]