M.R. Carrick reimagines Spain’s conquest of the Americas by placing a magical ocean filled with […]
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, by V.E. Schwab
I’ve been putting off writing and posting a review of V.E. Schwab’s Bury Our Bones […]
The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo
The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo, begins by telling us that if things had happened slightly […]
What They Said About Luisa, by Erika Rummel
In a short note at the beginning of Erika Rummel’s fascinating novel, What They Said […]
The Book Smuggler, by Omaima al-Khamis
Compared to the world of Mazid ibn Abdullah al-Hanafi, I live in a paradise. Whenever […]
The Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admirable Joan OrpÃ, Conquistador and Founder of New Catalonia, by Max Besora
In the prologue to the descriptively titled The Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and […]
Homeland, by Fernando Aramburu
In 2012, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) announced a ceasefire that, so far, appears to have […]
Night Boat to Tangier, by Kevin Barry
Every now and then, I’ll pick up a book and it feels like I’ve gone […]
Journeys, by Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig’s writing seems to be everywhere since The Grand Budapest Hotel came out. Zweig […]
Petra’s Ghost, by C.S. Cinneide
Growing up as a Lutheran, my religious education was very no frills. No saints. No […]