What better way to start the last month of 2022 then with a 5 ⭐️ book. It’s John Boyne’s mesmerizing novel, All the Broken Places. Where some novels entertain by skating along the surface, this book plumbs the deepest depths of the human psyche, hunting the meaning of complicity during one of history’s darkest chapters. Gretel is a widow in her 90s living in a ... Read More...
Winterland: A Novel
Does anyone else remember the USSR dominance in women’s gymnastics in the 1970s? When a name like Ludmilla Tourischeva might be the only Russian an American knew? A new novel, Winterland, takes place in the years when the balletic old guard of gymnasts like Tourischeva is giving way to fearless sprites like Olga Korbut. It’s the story of Anya, a young girl whose whole life is ... Read More...
October Reading
October has come and gone and my book reviewing has not rallied as I hoped it would. I’m still reading, but still finding it hard to corral my thoughts. I’m not sure where this is headed, but thanks for sticking with me. If you need more reading ideas I am still co-hosting a podcast—somehow talking about books is easier than writing! Links to most recent episodes are below. As ... Read More...
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
Jamie Ford’s new novel The Many Daughters of Afong Moy is a global, multigenerational novel about five women. It’s based on a true person, Afong Moy, who in 1834, was the first Chinese woman to come to America. Ford extrapolates her life into the fictional lives of five of her descendants in chapters from the 1800s to the not-so-distant future. Moy was brought to America by ... Read More...
Ordinary Monsters: A Novel
In the world of hardcore readers (yes, that is a thing), there is something called a book hangover. It’s when you read a book so good that your mind can’t detach after you finish, leaving you with a period of time where everything you read is just wrong. Very wrong. I’m in that odd, frustrating space right now thanks to J.M. Miro’s Ordinary Monsters, a fantasy novel set in ... Read More...
September Reading Wrap-Up
Goodbye September, the first month that felt like a month in a long time. I don’t remember much about July and August, but September proceeded with a normal feel. I’m still not back to writing reviews as often as I used to, but I’m acknowledging that may be a permanent change—2 reviews a week instead of 3. We’ll see. The good news is that once again it was a strong reading ... Read More...
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