Writing historical fiction takes a certain amount of chutzpah. One has to take on nitpickers […]
Ghost Talkers, by Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal’s Ghost Talkers is a compulsive, affecting read. I read the whole book in […]
Mr. Eternity, by Aaron Thier
Being a literature major and librarian has given me a more-than-healthy skepticism about what I […]
This week on the bookish internet
A judge in India has ruled that censored writer Perumal Murugan be allowed to write […]
Warm Fuzzies for a Shitty Week
It’s been an awful week, for the United States, for the world. Opening my Facebook […]
Jacob’s Oath, by Martin Fletcher
When Jacob’s brother died in his arms as the result of a beating from an […]
The Gospel of Loki, by Joanne Harris
There’s never just one side to a story. Most of the time, we only hear […]
The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle
It’s a myth that life was easier for black people north of the Mason Dixon […]
The Female Detective, by Andrew Forrester
There is a not insignificant portion of the bookish world that seeks out the first […]
The Invisible Library, by Genevieve Cogman
If you ask a librarian why they do what they do, you’ll hear variations. We […]