Perhaps Will Starling was born to hang. He was left at a foundling hospital as […]
Change the narrator, change the story
I have read so many books in the past month in which a male(ish) narrator […]
Dreaming Spies, by Laurie R. King
In Dreaming Spies, Laurie R. King returns to Mary Russell’s and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, […]
The Witch of Napoli, by Michael Schmicker
Based on the life of Eusapia Palladino, Michael Schmicker’s The Witch of Napoli tells the […]
Jackaby, by William Ritter
Jackaby, by William Ritter, has been popping up on recommendations lists everywhere for me. Now […]
The House of Special Purpose, by John Boyne
We need to create a term for characters in novels who find themselves at the […]
Arguing with critics…in my head
I’ve been reading Terry Eagleton’s How to Read Literature along with the students of the class […]
Unbroken, by Lauren Hillenbrand
Every now and then, I read a book that reminds me just how young I […]
When the Doves Disappeared, by Sofi Oksanen
I had to take a break as I was reading Sofi Oksanen’s When the Doves […]
Authors don’t get mulligans
At the beginning of the year, The New York Times reported in a brief article […]