- Feb 8, 2021
Review of The Unwilling by John Hart
Hart reliably offers character-driven mysteries with heartbreaking interpersonal complications. The twists and turns here are excellent,...
- Feb 5, 2021
Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love
01 The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden This is an ancient-feeling, dark fairy tale of a story that takes place within a small...
- Feb 4, 2021
Review of The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
I was especially taken with the sisters' complicated relationships and with the link Harrow draws between witching and the women's...
- Jan 29, 2021
Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West
01 Inland by Téa Obreht Much of Téa Obreht's Inland is centered around Nora, an impulsive, hot-tempered, strong woman fighting for a...
- Jan 27, 2021
Review of Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth
A book that fascinated me, in case you missed it! This was often brutal to read, but it was beautifully written, in a style that felt...
- Jan 26, 2021
Review of Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Evaristo offers a set of twelve interconnected stories about Black women in contemporary Britain and their friendships, loves, struggles,...