Finnish Lapland is a brutal place. It’s above the Arctic Circle. It’s remote. Until the […]
House of Blazes, by Dietrich Kalteis
A wronged convict seeking revenge is not an uncommon one. What makes Dietrick Kalteis’s House of […]
The Angel of History, by Rabih Alameddine
Jacob is an angry, lonely man who has lost his ability to write poetry. Oh, […]
Among the Living, by Jonathan Rabb
Yitzhak Goldah has survived the camps and, as Jonathan Rabb’s Among the Living opens, is being […]
Loving, by Henry Green
The upstairs/downstairs life we’ve seen on Downton Abbey and similar shows is always high drama. They’re soap […]
The Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey
It was pure whimsy that led Mabel out into the snow to start a snowfight […]
The Darkness Knows, by Cheryl Honigford
After reading The Little Red Chairs, I needed something lighter. Cheryl Honigford’s The Darkness Knows, thankfully, delivered. This […]
The Second Winter, by Craig Larsen
Reading The Second Winter, by Craig Larsen, can be bewildering. The narrative shifts from character to […]
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant, by Yu Hua
Set between the late 1940s and early 1970s, Yu Hua’s Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (translated […]
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d, by Alan Bradley
In Alan Bradley’s Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d, Flavia de Luce, chemistry genius and amateur […]