books, books, books
A mix of books that I have reviewed/recommended on my blog over the years, what I am reading right now + books I have an eye on.
One of the things I miss from my childhood reading days i... more
Eliot Weinberger is one of the writers I reread whenever ... more
A treasure in my book/printed object reference library: t... more
From a 2011 review on Waste Effects:
"Rose Macaulay’s ... more
Elizabeth Hardwick described this as "a haunting little s... more
If one lacks the shelf space for the complete OED (20 vol... more
Pure savage fun to read this gonzo tale of a clever old w... more
Wish I was eclipse-chasing this month but am lake-jumping... more
I love Rachel Ingalls so, so much—I read MRS. CALIBAN in ... more
This book was not what I expected, but I am not sure what... more
The wild ladies of this book are ghosts, caught up in the... more
Four novels about Christopher Tietjens, his sadistic wife... more
For the person who needs something rare and unusual to re... more
A summer read rec for anyone going through Widow's Bay wi... more
Vola opens this book by recommending against writing a bo... more
This is a deeply irritating book to read until it isn’t. ... more
This was the first book that made my kid laugh when he wa... more
Instead of one engrossing summer novel, how about four? (... more
Need to get my grubby mitts on this:
"In this witty, dee... more
One of the only books about motherhood/parenthood that I ... more
Diana Brackley is brainy, beautiful, pragmatic young woma... more
An anxious author can't stop going to parties with other ... more
Kathryn Davis' Versailles is a history of a person (Marie... more
True story: in 1864, a few months apart, two different gr... more
Am always watching for any essay by JJS. In this collecti... more
While STELLA MARIS, its sister book, is a focused encount... more
Alice is (supposedly) a brilliant twenty-one-year-old mat... more
A story about numbers creating a pathway to something inc... more
For ambitious readers with short attention spans, Hanuman... more
This tasty bit of literary confectionery centers on the t... more
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