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.
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
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
Essays 3, 6, 9, 10, and 11 knocked me flat. The rest are ... 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
This book reminded me of an English garden—a meticulously... more
One of the very, very best books about mushrooms, but als... more
I don’t know how many times I have read this book, and ev... more
Some people suffer from a tendency to valorize the past, ... more
Say you’d like to be whirled away by Victorian tales of t... more
I first made Jean Merrill’s acquaintance via a gleefully ... more
Octopuses have three hearts and hagfish have four; I am n... more
This book has the aesthetic of a title destined to live s... more
Helen’s husband, Edgar, is spending a lot of time tinkeri... more
An errant seagull drops orange paint on Mr. Plumbean's ho... more
Material conditions are the most satisfying part of Eliza... more
Love a book that demands handling. In this one, "[a] sea ... more
Barbara Bosworth's large-format color photographs of bird... more
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