Like many people, I find ghost stories deliciously unsettling. There is much to find unsettling in Howard Norman’s Next Life Might Be Kinder, beyond his […]
Summer Light
Looking for a little light reading that’s perfect for the beach, the porch, or under a tree? My guilty pleasures this season are Kevin Kwan’s, […]
Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture
After viewing a movie based on a book they’d read, you’ve probably heard someone say that the book is always better than the movie. Personally, I […]
You’ll Love Nina, too
Nina Stibbe would have been my perfect nanny–no Mary Poppins for my kids, thank you. Irreverent, funny, intellectually curious, and nonjudgmental, Stibbe is the imperfect, […]
In the Shadow of
When young Robert Louis Stevenson met Fanny Van de Grift at an enclave of Bohemian writers and artists in France, he was spellbound. Small, dark, […]
A Rhapsody in White
In a remote Catskill mountain hotel, once grand, but past its prime, tragedy struck when a young bride shot her unfaithful husband on their wedding […]
Recommendations of a Bookseller
After the long winter, I was ready for an island getaway. So when I picked up The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin […]
An Unreliable Narrator
Arthur Winthrop is a third generation headmaster of a prestigious prep school in Vermont. So when the reader finds him strolling naked through Central Park […]
Missing Downton?
Here’s a list of books and videos to tide you over till season five of Downton Abbey. Fiction Snobs by Julian Fellowes The Uninvited Guests by Sadie […]