Even though the proverb, “No man crosses the same river twice,” is attributed to Heraclitus, […]
The Sisters of the Winter Wood, by Rena Rossner
The Leib family lives in exile, because their parents married for love. Their mother’s Christian […]
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton
I’m a little confused about the title of this book. Sometimes I see it listed […]
Secret Passages in a Hillside Town, by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
Do not be fooled by the cover of Secret Passages in a Hillside Town. Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen’s […]
This week on the bookish internet
Kelly Jensen asked readers what the weirdest thing they’ve done for books and they delivered. […]
Deviation, by Luce d’Eramo
As I read Luce d’Eramo’s Deviation (translated by Anne Milano Appel), I had the image of […]
The Shakespeare Requirement, by Julie Schumacher
For a while, we got a lot of students at our library who wanted to […]
So Many Books, So Little Time; Or, Why I Need Bad Book Reviews
I’ve been thinking about something Evelyn Goldman posted to her book blog weeks ago. In […]
The Winter Soldier, by Daniel Mason
If Gavrilo Princip had not fired the shot that started World War I, Lucius Krzelewski […]
Dream Country, by Shannon Gibney
Who is to blame for the conditions that are turning Kollie Flomo into someone consumed […]