I have been writing this blog (in various incarnations) since late August 2005. It’s been […]
Under the Udala Trees, by Chinelo Okparanta
Ijeoma is a plant that was forced to grow a certain way. Growing up in […]
Truth is more terrible than fiction
Back in December of 2009, I learned about the Holodomor from Vasily Grossman in his short […]
The Vatican Cellars, by André Gide
Why do we behave the way that we do? Psychologists would argue about nature versus […]
This week on the bookish internet
Susan Johnston writes for Good Magazine about librarians and book-cycles! Conor Friedersdorf reports on the curious […]
The Fatal Flame, by Lyndsay Faye
The Fatal Flame, by Lyndsay Faye, is the last book in its series and I […]
Have reading skills, will travel
I had required reading last night for the first time in almost a month (and […]
The Underground, by Hamid Ismailov
And now for the second book this week that puzzled me so much that I […]
A Possible Life, by Sebastian Faulks
Novels like The Years of Rice and Salt and The Incarnations use an idea that I […]
WTF did I just read?
The best feeling in the world is closing the cover (electronic or otherwise) on a […]