Looking for a good read and don’t have an age to dig through the last […]
Among the Living, by Jonathan Rabb
Yitzhak Goldah has survived the camps and, as Jonathan Rabb’s Among the Living opens, is being […]
Loving, by Henry Green
The upstairs/downstairs life we’ve seen on Downton Abbey and similar shows is always high drama. They’re soap […]
This week on the bookish internet
James Wallace Harris proposes his ideal ultimate book review site. (Book Riot) Ursula Le Guin will […]
The Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey
It was pure whimsy that led Mabel out into the snow to start a snowfight […]
The List, 2015-2016
August 31 is always a stressful night for me. So many decisions to make. Should […]
The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue
If Lib Wright had had the full details of her posting as a private nurse […]
The Darkness Knows, by Cheryl Honigford
After reading The Little Red Chairs, I needed something lighter. Cheryl Honigford’s The Darkness Knows, thankfully, delivered. This […]
The Little Red Chairs, by Edna O’Brien
There are people who deserve second changes and others who very much do not. Edna […]
The Bookish Gamble; Or, Keep Publishing Weird
Profits from 20 percent, maybe even 10 percent, of books support the 80 percent or […]