Trigger warnings for references to trauma and child abuse. I have a fascination with books […]
Judas, by Amos Oz
Shmuel Ash is the kind of person who either irritates or arouses parental feelings in […]
This week on the bookish internet
Connie Pan has some advice for answering the dreaded question, “What’s your favorite book?” (Book […]
The Hired Man, by Aminatta Forna
Trigger warning for violence towards animals. Aminatta Forna’s tense novel, The Hired Man, shows us […]
Cultish, by Amanda Montell
I am endlessly fascinated by language. I am almost equally interested in cults. So when […]
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The Rosses share a hilariously devious scheme to market a book in the 1950s. (Futility […]
Take My Hand, by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
In the author’s note at the end of Take My Hand, Dolen Perkins-Valdez explains that […]
Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher
Trigger warning for intimate partner violence. When someone tells us something is impossible, we usually […]
The Carnival of Ash, by Tom Beckerlegge
In The Carnival of Ashes, Tom Beckerlegge takes us back centuries, to a time when […]