The artist at the center of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, by Dominic Smith, […]
In praise of…achronological stories
From our perspective, time only goes on direction. Our brains are wired this way and […]
The Stopped Heart, by Julie Myerson
I’m not sure how to write about The Stopped Heart, by Julie Myerson, without spoiling it for […]
Hard Red Spring, by Kelly Kerney
Hard Red Spring, by Kelley Kerney, provides even more proof that fiction is better than […]
News of the World, by Paulette Jiles
What is a family? For most people, it’s the one they’re born into. Others cobble […]
This week on the bookish internet
Ada Calhoun writes about the pleasures of being a library user without clutching any pearls […]
A God in Ruins, by Kate Atkinson
Reading Life After Life was such an odd and wonderful experience that I was curious about […]
The Madwoman Upstairs, by Catherine Lowell
Life must be hard for the children and descendents of the famous. They have their […]
Bookish dreams
My dreams are usually inspired by whatever I’ve read or watched right before I go […]
Shadows of Self, by Brandon Sanderson
I mostly gravitate to historical fiction but, every now and then, it’s nice to take […]