Mahmoud Ezzedine, a talented physician to the Ottoman sultan, did not want to be included […]
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, by V.E. Schwab
I’ve been putting off writing and posting a review of V.E. Schwab’s Bury Our Bones […]
The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo
The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo, begins by telling us that if things had happened slightly […]
Boy, by Nicole Galland
Joan Buckler and Sander Cooke have been friends ever since they were children. Both of […]
Perspective(s), by Laurent Binet
I love epistolary novels. Something about the format—though I am sure it’s incredibly challenging for […]
Isola, by Allegra Goodman
In the afterword to Isola, Allegra Goodman’s new book, she writes that she found inspiration […]
What They Said About Luisa, by Erika Rummel
In a short note at the beginning of Erika Rummel’s fascinating novel, What They Said […]
Parasol Against the Axe, by Helen Oyeyemi
Hero Tojosoa is used to doing things she doesn’t really like. Honestly, it’s a wonder […]
The Lost Books, by Mo Conlan
Morwenna is the kind of heroine I instantly connect with. She’s pragmatic, no-nonsense, focused on […]
The Witch and the Tsar, by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
Great characters never die. They invite us to retell and reimagine their stories for all […]