Category: Review
Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing
A novel set on the North Carolina coast is the best book I’ve read this year. Read More …
Book Review: Come With Me
A 2018 novel teaches me something about my own brain, even though both my life and my writing are quite different. Read More …
Book Review: Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng’s careful and insightful novel asks, what makes the best family? Read More …
Book Review: Suspicion
Barbara Rogan’s book about a ghost-story writer who moves to a haunted house is full of surprises. Read More …
Book Review: Small Great Things
Jodi Picoult’s twenty-fifth novel drops us into a racially charged world—and makes us realize that there is no other kind. Read More …
2018 Holiday Book List
A holiday-inspired list of books that will take you to another world. Happy shopping and reading! Read More …
Book Review: This Must Be the Place
Kate Racculia’s first novel reminds us that quirky doesn’t have to mean lonely. Read More …
Book Review: Footprints in the Dust
A nurse’s memoir brings to life the heartbreaking humanity of the world’s refugees. Read More …
Book Comparison: Still Water Bending and Happiness
Two books read back to back remind me of the importance of formatting—and telling a good story. Read More …
Book Review: A Dangerous Fiction
Barbara Rogan’s story about a literary agent in peril takes us on a ride, though maybe it should’ve started in a different place. Read More …