What is it about London? It’s gone from tribal village to Roman outpost to symbol […]
I’m dating a library; Or, how I manage to read so much
I read a lot. Anyone who’s spoken to me for more than five minutes or […]
Marvel 1602, by Niel Gaiman and Andy Kubert
What if the mutants, heroes, villains, and gods we know from the Marvel Universe had […]
Raven’s Banquet, by Clifford Beal
Richard Treadwell is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Because his chosen […]
All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
A diamond and the invisible waves of radio transmission link together a blind French girl, […]
Finishing books at bedtime and why you shouldn’t
The ending of a book should be cathartic. All the plot threads should be tied […]
The Lewis Man, by Peter May
Fin Macleod returns to the Isle of Lewis, for good this time, in Peter May’s […]
That time when the CIA started a book club
Yesterday, the book world gleefully reported on a series of declassified documents from the late […]
A Thing Done, by Tinney Sue Heath
They say it started with a fool’s jest. That’s what they say, anyway, about the […]
Written off
In the most recent episode of The Readers, “Episode 95: Catching Up on Rather a […]