The Headmaster's wife was one of my favorite book of 2014. Its paperback release is tomorrow so I wanted to remind anyone who might have missed this book what a gorgeous piece of prose it is. Plus, I have 2 copies to giveaway so you could win one to read! Some books are written with the intent to stun a reader with surprise and don’t offer much beyond that. Others, ... Read More...
Midmonth Mini-Reviews
February is more than halfway gone but for the sake of brevity let's just call these midmonth mini-reviews. Three quick hits of books I've read while being waylaid with this season's mega-cold. I hope you're all reading this from a place of warmth and comfort and not the huddled against records levels of snow and below zero temperatures. Her by Harriet Lane: This ... Read More...
The Missing One
The Missing One is billed as a psychological thriller but by page 218 I’m convinced that the novel is actually about the joys of motherhood and the psychology of toddlers. Debut author Lucy Atkins spends more time on the smell of the protagonist’s small child than she does describing any other element in the novel. And the adjective used most often is “sweet”—sweet ... Read More...
The Deep by Nick Cutter
There is a virulent disease striking the world. One that robs its victims of their ability to remember. And not just mentally but physically—to the point where they no longer know to eat or how to eat, to walk, to blink, to sleep. We are left like wind-up dolls unwound in Nick Cutter’s new novel The Deep. This is a frightening premise but it is not the crux of this novel. ... Read More...
A Pleasure and a Calling
Invisibility has for so long been the linchpin to my favourite, most memorable moments. Mr. Heming is exactly what one wants in a real estate agent—quiet, innocuous, and well-versed in the pros and cons of a neighborhood or a house itself. He imposes none of his own opinions but merely shares his knowledge and leads the buyer to the perfect house as determined by his practiced ... Read More...
How To Be a Good Wife
When Marta and Hector married, his mother gave her a book of domestic lessons entitled How to be a Good Wife. By the time they’ve been married for over thirty years Marta knows it by heart and knows that bread must be baked fresh every day, that only the husband belongs in the outside world, and that ”catering to his comfort will give you an immense sense of personal ... Read More...
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