It’s rare to find a book that is not only a book that needs to […]
The History of Bees, by Maja Lunde
Bees have fascinated humans for centuries, I suppose, because it’s unsettling to see such small […]
Marathon Man, by William Goldman
William Goldman’s Marathon Man wasn’t half bad. Unfortunately, the other half was. I picked this book up […]
The Essex Serpent, by Sarah Perry
I’ve been hearing about The Essex Serpent, by Sarah Perry, for over a year. I was […]
Do Not Say We Have Nothing, by Madeleine Thien
The Japanese proverb, “The nail that sticks out shall be hammered down,” kept popping into […]
Among the Survivors, by Ann Z. Leventhal
I don’t mind unlikeable characters. As long as I can understand their actions, I can […]
The Marsh King’s Daughter, by Karen Dionne
Helena has a secret that she’s hidden for fourteen years. But at the beginning of The […]
The Amber Shadows, by Lucy Ribchester
By the time I finished reading Lucy Ribchester’s The Amber Shadows, I felt like I was […]
Rebellion, by Molly Patterson
Thoreau was only half right when he said that “The mass of men live lives […]
To Die in Spring, by Ralf Rothmann
In 1915, an iconic recruitment ad appeared in Britain in which a child asks, “Daddy, […]