This year, I have indulged my interest in all things bookish by seeking out entertaining […]
The Secrets of Life and Death, by Rebecca Alexander
Jackdaw Hammond has been living on borrowed time for more than a decade. Now she’s […]
World of Trouble, by Ben H. Winters
If you haven’t read the first two books in this series, The Last Policeman and […]
Cover Story: HHhH, by Laurent Binet
Once again, the British and American editions of a book have radically different covers. And, […]
In One Person, by John Irving
John Irving’s In One Person is another book I would not have picked up, let alone […]
HHhH, by Laurent Binet
Literary critics will tell you that even nonfiction can be considered a kind of fiction. […]
The Darkest Hour, by Tony Schumacher
Since the late 1940s, the phrase “only following orders” has had ominous connotations. And it […]
The escalating hot sauce cycle of reading good books
I think I’m getting snobbish about books. I’ve been spoiled in this last year or […]
Throne of the Crescent Moon, by Saladin Ahmed
It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that was pure fantasy but, […]
The Two Hotel Francforts, by David Leavitt
Julia Winters does not want to be in Lisbon. But then, in 1940, few of […]