When considering Amor Towles’ Table for Two, I struggled with, “Do I write my own review or post my book club’s notes?” I recently declared […] Read More
Tag: literary fiction
There are some authors whose work you can’t help but return to, and for me, Elizabeth Strout is one of them. Her newest novel, Tell […] Read More
A joint review of the movie American Fiction and the novel that it is based on, Erasure.
After just a few pages into Prophet Song by Paul Lynch, I didn’t think it was for me. This was disappointing given how much I […] Read More
I first read Rabbit, Run by John Updike in college and remember loving it. A year or so ago one of my best reading buddies […] Read More
While technically Day by Michael Cunningham will fall into the category of COVID pandemic fiction, this one was beautifully and uniquely constructed—three days in three years, stretching from 2019 to 2021. The same day on the calendar, so each is a year apart.
Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski is a beautifully written story set in a small Massachusetts town. It involves the lives of mothers, daughters, […] Read More
Call us book snobs. It is a label we embrace. My book club’s book ratings from 2022-2023.
The Pole by J. M. Coetzee is at once moody and mysterious – full of tension. This novella centers around Beatriz and Wittold. She’s a […] Read More
Last week when I was wrapping up my review of The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, I saw that he was going to be […] Read More