I read Anita Diamant’s Day After Night because the review in Publisher’s Weekly a few […]
Far North, by Marcel Theroux
I didn’t expect to enjoy Marcel Theroux’s Far North as much as I did. I […]
Then We Came to the End, by Joshua Ferris
I’m still in the “I ought to read something challenging” phase after all the genre […]
Forever Flowing, by Vasily Grossman
Forever Flowing (also translated as Everything Flows), by Vasily Grossman is not a novel as […]
Every Man Dies Alone, by Hans Fallada
I’m back. What with the non-stop writing in November sucking up most of my free […]
I, Lucifer, by Glen Duncan
Glenn Duncan’s I, Lucifer is the latest book to try and tell the Devil’s story […]
The Magicians, by Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman’s The Magicians is part Harry Potter and part Chronicles of Narnia with a […]
The Welsh Girl, by Peter Ho Davies
Well, Peter Ho Davies The Welsh Girl started out promising, as a sort of grown […]
Blue Poppies, by Jonathan Falla
Blue Poppies is the story of two unlikely lovers who get caught in the turmoil […]
Gilgamesh, by Joan London
Sorry, readers. I’ve been bad about posting for the last, well, month or so. I’ve […]