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 […]
The Poison Squad, by Deborah Blum
The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade For Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth […]
Unsheltered, by Barbara Kingsolver
The more historical fiction I read—especially when it’s paired with a contemporary narrative, like a […]
The Way of All Flesh, by Ambrose Parry
I prefer to read about new detectives rather than the polished kind of the classic […]
Dream Country, by Shannon Gibney
Who is to blame for the conditions that are turning Kollie Flomo into someone consumed […]
The Court Dancer, by Kyung-Sook Shin
Yi Jin, the protagonist of Kyung-Sook Shin’s lushly written The Court Dancer, is not just star-crossed […]
Women of the Dunes, by Sarah Maine
Libby Snow has always wanted to visit Ullaness, a rugged island on the west coast […]
Mary B, by Katherine J. Chen
Some readers are going to hate Katherine J. Chen’s Mary B: An Untold Story of Pride and Prejudice. […]