I shouldn’t have liked Tom Rachman’s The Rise and Fall of Great Powers. It’s literary […]
The Bone Church, by Victoria Dougherty
Pace is important to me as a reader, especially in historical fiction. It’s tempting, after […]
The Flavia de Luce series, by Alan Bradley
I took a break from some of the heavy reading I’ve been doing lately to […]
I like it, but I don’t approve
A little over a year ago, when I found the bookish corner of tumblr (my […]
Sedition, by Katherine Grant
Historical fiction exists to answer the question, “What was life like when…?” Katherine Grant’s Sedition takes […]
My Notorious Life, by Kate Manning
You wouldn’t expect, looking at her early life, that Ann Muldoon Jones would be able […]
Book blurbs; Or, you don’t have to take my word for it
This is an old story, but the idea of book blurbs has been on my […]
Warburg in Rome, by James Carroll
David Warburg is an up-and-comer at the U.S. Treasury when he is appointed to head […]
Half a King, by Joe Abercrombie
Joe Abercrombie takes us back to his violent world of politics and nearly constant warfare […]
Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
At last, a popular book that lived up to the hype! Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl is […]