- Apr 26, 2023
Review of Burst by Mary Otis
Mary Otis's debut novel explores the complicated mother-daughter relationship between alcoholic, erratic Charlotte and rigid,...
- Apr 25, 2023
Review of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt
Sharratt's carefully researched, richly detailed historical fiction is based on the life of the medieval mystic who long served as an...
- Apr 20, 2023
Review of The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
I love a book about books, but I was confused as to why the characters would seek out and spend prolonged time with the verbally abusive,...
- Apr 19, 2023
Review of Happy Place by Emily Henry
Six longtime friends gather for one last Maine vacation--but each of them has been keeping secrets that impact their relationships. The...
- Apr 18, 2023
Review of Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes and Robin Gaby Fisher
Holes's account of the dogged determination and attention to detail--as well as the cost to his personal life--involved in discovering...
- Apr 13, 2023
Review of You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith
Poet Maggie Smith's memoir traces the end of her marriage, weaving in the history and the future while she acknowledges that any story is...