Reading Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series always gives me a hankering to read the classics–mostly […]
Company of Liars, by Karen Maitland
I continue to be amazed at the depth of the worlds that Maitland creates in […]
One of Our Thursdays is Missing, by Jasper Fforde
One of Thursdaysis Missing When I learned that there was going to be another Thursday […]
The Heroes, by Joe Abercrombie
The Heroes As advertised, The Heroes, by Joe Abercrombie, returns us to his First Law […]
The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man’s Fear I’ve been looking forward to Patrick Rothfuss’s The Wise Man’s Fear […]
Malinche, by Laura Esquivel
Malinche, by Laura Esquivel, is a deceptively simple book. Told almost as a folktale, this […]
The Lonely Polygamist, by Brady Udall
Brady Udall’s The Lonely Polygamist was a difficult book for me to wrap my head […]
All Clear, by Connie Willis
All Clear is not a sequel. It’s actually the second half of Connie Willis’s Blackout. […]
Medium Raw, by Anthony Bourdain
It was good to spend some time with Anthony Bourdain. I’m a big fan of […]
Kraken, by China Miéville
It’s hard to explain what China Miéville’s Kraken is like. There are so many things […]