- Nov 21, 2023
Review of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
This darkly funny story made me cringe while staying riveted by the main protagonist's deeply faulted reasoning, criminal actions, and...
- Jan 12, 2023
Review of Less Is Lost (Arthur Less #2) by Andrew Sean Greer
As with book one in the Arthur Less series, I was pleasantly surprised by the heart and vulnerability beneath the absurdities and funny...
- Jan 5, 2023
Review of The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
The past timeline explores creativity, love, betrayal, and unexpected loops of consequence--which are echoed hauntingly in the present...
- Nov 29, 2022
Review of The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken
McCracken straddles the line between novel and memoir in a work whose heart is a love letter to her extraordinary mother. The author...
- May 5, 2022
Review of Wingwalkers by Taylor Brown
Brown's signature immersive details and wonderfully imagined, rich characters bring Depression-era scenes to life against an irresistible...
- Mar 23, 2022
Review of This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
ICYMI: This five-star read--part memoir/part essay--is one of my favorite books of Ann Patchett's, and I didn't want her reflections and...