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Over the past several weeks I’ve been watching a Discovery Channel series called The Last Alaskans about several families that have the last housing permits […]
It’s February, which is Black History Month, so what better time to start a new romance series by a Black author? Alyssa Cole’s contemporary romance […]
Does the name Donaldina Cameron ring a bell for you? It didn’t for me, until I read this terrific novel, The Paper Daughters of Chinatown, […]
The Red Notebook is a good starting point if you have never read anything by Paul Auster. At just over 100 pages, it is an […]
Today marks the third day of Black History Month 2021, so it seemed fitting to celebrate a few of the Black authors I’ve read recently. […]
It’s early days in 2021, but in March it will have been a year since we first went into lockdown due to COVID-19. And if […]
When did youth sports in America start becoming less about the children playing, and more about the status of the parents watching? This is one […]
If you’re looking for fresh and entertaining, yet complex, novels set in the here and now, try these two new books! Brit Bennett’s newest novel, […]
I finished this book a few months ago, and the essays have stuck with me every since. I find myself going back to the lists […]
Are you in the mood for a couple of little short books that tell unique stories with a wealth of gorgeous detail? Nghi Vo creates […]
John le Carre, the master of espionage fiction, died this past weekend. A former MI5 and MI6 spy for Britain, his novels showed the solitary, […]
At this point I’m pretty sure Jean Kwok is one of my new favorite authors. I recently read her newest book, Searching for Sylvie Lee, […]
Here’s a book that just came out this fall and is unlike any book I have ever read before. Susanna Clarke (of Jonathan Strange and […]
I’ve only ever seen New York City through a glowing screen. Movies, news broadcasts, TV shows, photographs of the Empire State Building, or just from […]
“There are no good men in this game.” If Victoria Schwab’s raw and ruthless novel Vicious had a movie poster, this quote would be on […]
