April 1, 2017The Yid takes place in Stalin’s Russia shortly before his death in 1953 and is a brilliant work of “reimagined”…
April 1, 2017Me: (holding a copy of A Man Called Ove): Hey, you really need to read this book. It’s great! Other…
March 8, 2017The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin is the poignant story of Suzy Swanson and her attempts to comprehend a…
March 8, 2017Wolf Hollow, Lauren Wolk’s debut novel, takes place in rural Pennsylvania in late 1943. The story is told by Annabelle…
March 8, 2017Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo is a bighearted tale told by 10-year-old Raymie Clarke whose world has just been turned…
February 21, 2017The Fifth Season is a compelling and multifaceted story set on a geologically unstable and volatile “Earth”. Earthquakes and volcanoes…
February 20, 2017I just finished listening to The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman. The narrator, Fiona Hardingham, an accomplished actress and…
February 18, 2017I was immediately hooked by The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge. As an anthropologist, I had read a number of works…
