Kathryn Nuernberger writes about witches and witch trials as her area of expertise and, in […]
The Witch’s Heart, by Genevieve Gornichec
I finished reading Genevieve Gornichec’s The Witch’s Heart on Saturday and have slowly been coming […]
This week on the bookish internet
…but one day late. Thankfully, last week was a really good week on the bookish […]
The Bone Fire, by György Dragomán
There’s a lot I’m not sure about when it comes to The Bone Fire, by […]
Cormorant Lake, by Faith Merino
There are so many ways to be a mother that I don’t know how lexicographers […]
The Voyage of the Book Sommelier
It’s been too long since I wrote one of these, readers, and I’m a bit […]
This week on the bookish internet
Kathy Peiss relates the story of her uncle, Reuben Peiss, who may have had the […]
In Memory of Memory, by Maria Stepanova
When my dad passed away in 2019, my sister, my mother, and I spent hours […]
City of Omens, by Dan Werb
Though banal, it’s true that there are a lot of massive, seemingly unsolvable problems in […]
The Burning Girls, by C.J. Tudor
Chapel Croft, in rural England, is not her first choice for places to lay low […]