When Hervé Le Tellier bought a home in La Paillette, a hamlet in rural southeastern […]
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
Thanks to a read along on Bluesky, I finally finished Joseph Heller’s madcap satire, Catch-22. […]
Commonplace book: March 2026
From The Language of Liars, by S.L. Huang: Their learning at the Warren stressed it […]
Honey in the Wound, by Jiyoung Han
Trigger warning for rape, mutilation, and slavery. The little bit of magic held by Young-ja’s […]
Nonesuch, by Francis Spufford
Iris Hawkins knows what she wants. She wants a fun night with a man. She […]
The Book of Lost Hours, by Hayley Gelfuso
I used to wonder, if I could travel in time, where and when would I […]
A Resistance of Witches, by Morgan Ryan
The Grand Mistress of Britain’s witches has decided that they will join the war effort, […]
Darkenbloom, by Eva Menasse
Somewhere in Austria’s Burgenland, the territory pressed hard up against the border with Hungary, the town […]
The Listeners, by Maggie Stiefvater
Nestled into the mountains of West Virginia is the Avallon Hotel and Spa. Only the […]
The Red House, by Mary Morris
Laura has always been haunted by her mother’s disappearance in 1972. She was twelve when […]
