- Nov 16, 2020
Review of Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
This is an appealingly cozy and old-fashioned mystery, with the flavors, sights, and sounds of colonial India underlying everything. It's...
- Nov 12, 2020
Review of One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
One to Watch is engrossing escapism into a world of reality TV, romantic possibilities, and luxurious fashion, where things don't always...
- Nov 9, 2020
Review of Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein
With lots of engrossing gymnastics details that made the setting come to life, Head Over Heels was the engrossing, light fiction book I...
- Nov 4, 2020
Review of How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang
Zhang's detail was wonderful, and her characters make noble sacrifices and face impossible choices. The book's frequent heartbreak was a...
- Nov 2, 2020
Review of Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan
Pan is wonderfully honest, appealingly thoughtful, and often so so funny. I was so happy spending time in her point of view throughout...
- Oct 28, 2020
Review of The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
Many of her characters find themselves in despairingly difficult situations, but Kline offers glimmers of hope as well.