- Nov 30, 2021
November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from November! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. The Best of Me, a funny David...
- Nov 23, 2021
Review of Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
In Blau's gleefully 1970s-set novel, Mary Jane doesn't merely shift from emotional innocence to young adulthood, she comes into her own,...
- Nov 18, 2021
Review of This Shining Life by Harriet Kline
Kline's poignant, lovely book explores a family's emotional missteps and enduring love after a painful loss, and their hard-fought...
- Nov 9, 2021
Review of The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
ICYMI: Shattuck offers faulted protagonists and a fascinating, complicated set of factors in her World War II historical fiction. Jessica...
- Nov 3, 2021
Review of Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Rooney's characters engage in extensive self-reflection while struggling to open up emotionally to each other. Their vulnerabilities feel...
- Oct 18, 2021
Review of The Last Graduate (Scholomance #2) by Naomi Novik
This second book in Naomi Novik's Scholomance series builds on book one's dark humor, dangerous forces, and the irresistible attraction...