Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit
Plymouth, Massachusetts was set to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing in 2020, although many events had to …
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Mirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors
translated from the Danish by Misha Hoekstra A challenging book. I’m not sure that I really understood it—or if understanding …
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
I’ve always thought that one phase of life I’d not willingly re-visit is junior high—today’s middle school. Plunging into Jason …
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
by Nina Sankovitch The subtitle of Sankovitch’s book is “My Year of Magical Reading,” and it must have been a …
The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories
From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter, edited by Jessica Harrison As an antidote to the holiday murder mysteries I’ve …
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
By no means the first time I’ve read this little book, and here’s a supplication to the Ghost of Christmas …
A year among the Janeites
I’ve read five Jane Austen-themed books this year, from memoir to mystery and beyond. What can I say? It was …
The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves
I look forward to reading each new Vera Stanhope mystery. Vera is a fascinating character: a veteran detective with a …
Snow by John Banville
It’s not unusual for fictional detectives to have an eccentricity (or two), whether moustaches, monocle, melancholy, drugs, drink, or opera. …
The Searcher by Tana French
Following 2018’s The Witch Elm, Tana French is back with another stand-alone novel, distinct from her successful “Dublin Murder Squad” …
