By Sunday of this last week, I had read 100 pages of John Steinbeck’s opus, […]
Eighty Days, by Matthew Goodman
One of my favorite books is Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days. I love the book partly because […]
The Hangman’s Secret, by Laura Joh Rowland
I arrived late to the party for this series. The Hangman’s Secret is the third book in […]
The Brahmadells, by Jóanes Nielsen
Imagine a triangle with its points in Iceland, Norway, and Scotland, skewed a little closer […]
White Hunger, by Aki Ollikainen
Trigger warning for rape. After reading White Hunger, by Aki Ollikainen and translated with only a […]
The Blood, by E.S. Thomson
The Blood, by E.S. Thomson, sees the return of apothecary Jem Flockhart and architect Will […]
Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield’s Once Upon a River mimics the river that runs through its chapters. Like […]
LaRose, by Louise Erdrich
When I read a book, I almost always try to work out some kind of […]
The House of the Seven Gables, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
I picked up The House of the Seven Gables, one of Nathaniel Hawthorne‘s best known […]
Little, by Edward Carey
Anna Marie Grosholtz (later Madame Tussaud) had the fortune (or misfortune) to be born in […]