The Lives of Others
byThe aging patriarch and matriarch of the Ghosh family preside over their large household, made up of their five adult children and their respective…
Literary Fiction
6.6 Go Set a Watchman: A Sequel Mired in Controversy
byMaycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch–“Scout”–returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil…
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Romances
byToday, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have mandated a a Valentine Day-based freebie, and very predictably I thought I’d list my…
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books of 2015
byToday, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list the top books I read in 2015. This year, I…
Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-me Authors of 2015 #TTT
byToday, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list ten new-to-me authors whose books I read in 2015. This…
Mailbox Mondays: Thanksgiving Haul
byWelcome to Mailbox Monday. The books I mentioned I was expecting in my last mailbox post finally showed up last week, almost two weeks…
Top Ten Tuesdays: Ten Halloween Books I Want to Read
byToday, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have given us a Halloween-themed freebie. I chose this opportunity to list the books I…
7.6 Life On The Run: Exploring The World Of Outlaws
byOn a summer day at the arcade, timid sixteen-year-old Ignacio Cañas encounters two charismatic rebels: El Zarco (“Blue Eyes”) and his gorgeous girl, Tere….
Teaser Tuesdays: Outlaws
byI finished Outlaws by Javier Cercas last week, and even though I found it a tad slow in places, I enjoyed the writing and…
Top Ten Tuesdays: Ten Books on my Fall TBR List
byToday, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list our ten fall reads. This is a bit embarrassing. I…