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Better Than Medical School: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese is much longer, but much, much better, than The Kite Runner. Cutting for Stone and The Kite Runner were both books I read only because so many people asked me if I...
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A Novelist’s Novel: Snow by Orhan Pamuk
Most of the events in Snow by Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, take place over the space of a few days, but they are described and commented on by an (at first) unknown...
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Take Control of Your TBR Pile Read-a-Thon
Ever since getting overwhelmed with books to review a year ago last fall, I’ve tried to keep the review copies, challenges, and readathons I sign on for to a reasonable amount, but I’m impulsively...
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Take Control of Your TBR Pile Read-a-Thon Wrap-Up
I completed two goals for the Take Control of Your TBR Pile Read-a-Thon hosted by Kimba at Caffeinated Book Reviewer, and partially completed a third. My goals: Finish Life after Life by Jill McCorkle...
View ArticleSummer’s End: Wish You Were Here by Stewart O’Nan
Wish You Were Here by Stewart O’Nan is an elegiac novel about the passing of a family’s era, when an extended family gathers at their aging Lake Chautauqua house for a vacation week at the end of the...
View ArticleHeroes of a Golden Age: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael...
Even though it’s about the golden age of superhero comics and comic book artists (the ’30s and ’40s) in New York City, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (pronounced [...]
View Article2015 TBR Pile Challenge Fail and 2016 New Attempt #TBR2015RBR
Update I read two from my 2015 TBR Pile Challenge list, but didn’t write reviews for either one yet, so a total fail for me this year! This challenge was founded and hosted for six years by Adam at...
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