Lincoln Smith was born in the wrong time period. He would have done just fine […]
The Liar’s Dictionary, by Eley Williams
Word nerds might already be familiar with the term mountweazel. A mountweazel is a fake […]
A World Beneath the Sands, by Toby Wilkinson
In A World Beneath the Sands, by Toby Wilkerson, we see the sordid, exciting, criminal, […]
The Once and Future Witches, by Alix E. Harrow
When you think about it, we rarely see good anger. Literature is full of annoyance, […]
Crossings, by Alex Landragin
Alex Landragin’s Crossings is the kind of book that I’ve been waiting for, but not […]
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, by Kate Summerscale
I’ve been re-watching CSI during the continued lockdown. It’s an old favorite, even though there […]
The Yield, by Tara June Winch
Yield is one of the first words in one of the documents—a dictionary and family […]
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow, by Natasha Pulley
I’ve been waiting impatiently for Natasha Pulley to write another book featuring the all-knowing Keita […]
The Desert Between Us, by Phyllis Barber
Much like tumbleweeds, the main characters of Phyllis Barber’s The Desert Between Us have fetched […]
Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing, by Maryla Szymiczkowa
After reading two weighty books on the experiences of women in Korea and Japan, I […]