Reading the Hugo Nominees
This year my husband signed up to vote in the Hugo Awards, and together we’re reading as many of the nominees as possible. Voting runs from…
Review: Normal People by Sally Rooney
I loved the way this book begins, because I identified very much with Marianne, one of its two narrators. Marianne and Connell are two teens in…
Review: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
The Great Believers was heartbreaking, but so good and very worth reading. I realize that reading a book about the AIDS crisis in the 80s isn’t…
Thirteen Books I Meant to Read in 2018
This week’s topic, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is the Top Ten Books I Meant to Read in 2018. There’s a whole lot more than…
Review: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
I already knew I wanted to read this book, mainly because it won the Pulitzer prize earlier this year and so much of the media buzz…
Science Fiction and Fantasy Mini-Reviews: Two Nebula Nominees
Today’s reviews are about two books on the Nebula Award finalist list. The Nebula Awards recognize the best works of science fiction and fantasy published in the…
What will be on the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist?
The longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly Baileys Prize) will be announced March 8. I always find a lot of great reads from this…
Review of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
I loved this book by Karen Joy Fowler, and found myself thinking about it quite a bit after finishing it. While the story itself is an…
Best Books of Summer Part Two: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
This was a powerful book about the impacts of slavery, and for me it was another book of summer that completely lived up to the hype. …
The Best Books of Summer: Review of The Power by Naomi Alderman
When I went on vacation I didn’t get to review some great reads, so I’m working on catching up. This one was my favorite. Alderman’s novel…
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Sympathizer is a first novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, which won last year’s Pulitzer Prize for literature. It’s a fascinating look at the Vietnam War…
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. The New York Drama Critics’ Circle named it the…
