Category: Review
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 …
Book Review: Go, Went, Gone
I stumbled onto Go, Went, Gone, a novel by Jenny Erpenbeck (and translated from German by Susan Bernofsky), thanks to a review in the New Yorker, and I’m so glad I did. The unassuming but important story dropped me into Read More …
2017 Holiday Book List
9 reading recommendations for 2018, mostly fiction Read More …
Book Review: Manuscript Makeover
Manuscript Makeover by Elizabeth Lyons fell into my lap at just the right time. Read More …
Book Review: The Necklace
Claire McMillan’s second novel delves into family secrets not talked about for so long, they’ve become unknown. Read More …
Book Review: Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
A haunting cover opens up to a story told by witty, bantering characters who somehow manage to cope and even thrive through an extremely bleak war. Read More …
Book Review: Of Things Gone Astray
A fable on the streets of present-day London, and every character has lost something they value. Read More …